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

Australians know the Albanese government represents all—everyone—because we too come from all walks of life. We are tradies, we are small-business owners, we're lawyers, and we're doctors. What this means for Australian workers who are suffering from lower wages and cut penalty rates is that we can understand because we've been there too. Belinda, a casual retail worker in Adelaide, tweets that, with worker rights, penalty rates and wage increases and without a robodebt chasing her down for $12,000, she is happier, healthier, safer and saving for a future under Labor.

Many of us here have TAFE qualifications. Having free TAFE helps people who want to get new skills and who want to upskill. Because business confidence is on the rise, with 25,000 more businesses opening every month, there are now 1.1 million new jobs for those people with the TAFE credentials and everything else. There are people like John from Beechboro, who not only is taking advantage of free TAFE to upskill with mental health counselling to get a better paid job but can now also have an opportunity to own a home. Just like my folks, who benefited from shared equity under the Whitlam government, that's now an opportunity that we're extending to people like John.

Unlike the Liberals, who have opposed the Housing Australia Future Fund, who have opposed free TAFE, who have opposed Future Made in Australia and today even opposed tax cuts, we know that— (Time expired)