Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): As I said, the forecasts will be updated as they always are and as they were under your government. I would say Australians can trust this budget because there's $5.7 billion going in to strengthen Medicare; there's $1.5 billion going into the energy price relief plan, which you voted against; there's $4.7 billion going into working-age and student payments, to help give people an extra helping hand; there's $1.9 billion going to extend the parenting payment single, to make sure more single parents are able to support their children for longer; there's $2.7 billion going into Commonwealth Rent Assistance; there's a 15 per cent pay rise for aged-care workers, that you'll be opposed to, no doubt; there's money going into making sure Australia's a renewable energy superpower; and there's money to support outcomes for Indigenous Australians. And, yes, we have increased our offer on social housing because we believe in it. (Time expired)