Tania Lawrence (Hasluck, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

People often ask me what I stand for. I stand for mums who want a choice on where their baby is born, be it at home or be it in a culturally safe practice on country or in hospital. I stand for that choice, and I stand for the nurses and the midwives to ensure they have access to Medicare and insurance to stand by the side of those mums and offer that service.

I stand for families with children in government schools to ensure they're fully 100 per cent funded. I stand for young people who want to gain new skills and for older workers who want to re-skill by providing fee-free TAFE. I stand for students who want to do teaching and nursing and not hold down two jobs by offering paid practicum. I stand for every single taxpayer who now gets a tax cut, not just for some.

I stand for people who are ill, who need access to affordable medicines. I stand for free and accessible education in the TAFE system, which ensures we have a pathway for people working in aged care and early childhood education and that they are fairly paid. These are the things that I stand for.

The people in my electorate of Hasluck have no idea what those opposite stand for, because those opposite have opposed these policies. They are absolutely not on the side of all Australians, and I will stand for every Australian.