Jodie Belyea (Dunkley, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I've been the member for Dunkley for roughly 11 months, and I can tell you that the Albanese Labor government has been laser focused on easing cost-of-living pressures on families in Australia. We know people are doing it tough, so that's why this government has enacted a range of targeted measures to help people. We've given tax cuts to every taxpayer, meaning more Australians are keeping more of what they earn. We've got wages moving again, with our early childhood educators and aged-care workers all receiving a pay increase. We've introduced cheaper child care and cheaper medicines. Every Australian household has received a $300 rebate off their power bill, with each small business getting $325. We've delivered HECS relief with more on offer, with a potential 20 per cent promised in our second term of government. And I cannot forget fee-free TAFE, with over 600 places funded to date and TAFE listed as enduring for years to come.

If the opposition get in, all they can promise is a nuclear fantasy—a project that's going to cost $600 billion—and financial cuts across our industries and sectors of $350 billion. The opposition have no plans and no policies to help Australians. They voted against every single cost-of-living measure, and the people of Dunkley will be worse off. (Time expired)