Libby Coker (Corangamite, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It is four days until 1 July, and that means it's four days until every Australian taxpayer gets a tax cut—all 13.6 million of them. It's four days until our $300 energy bill relief begins, and it's four days until 2.6 million low-paid workers get their third consecutive pay rise backed in by this government, because we want Australians to earn more and keep more of what they earn. This isn't the beginning of our cost-of-living help, and it's certainly not the end. We're strengthening Medicare, continuing the freeze on the cost of PBS medicines. We're building more homes more quickly and helping put downward pressure on rents in the regions. And we're adding two weeks of additional government-funded paid parental leave. We're also delivering HECS relief for everyone with student debt, from the university student in Torquay to the supermarket worker in Grovedale to the nurse in Waurn Ponds. And we're strengthening the food and grocery code to get better deals for farmers and fairer prices for consumers.

Under the Albanese government, more Australians are working, more Australians are earning more and more Australians will keep more of what they earn.

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