Jana Stewart (Victoria, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Labor is building Australia's future. But when it comes to Peter Dutton and the Liberals' plan for Australia—they really do have no idea. They've got one very costly but widely discredited idea, which is building nuclear. The other appears to be the fact that they want you to work longer hours for less—and on top of that they want you to pay for your boss's lunch. That is their brain bubble. They've had three years to come up with cost-of-living relief to support Australians, and that's their idea for Australians. On top of that, they've got over $300 billion worth of cuts that they want to make. The question that is on every Australian's minds is: where are those cuts going to come from?

Make no mistake. He is coming after the public services that every Australian relies on: Medicare—shutting down Medicare offices; NDIS services and specialist advice they offer; making you wait longer for passports or stay on hold for hours to Centrelink. That's what those cuts will mean for everyday Australians. These aren't just Public Service jobs that exist in Canberra, like those opposite might have you believe. These are Public Service jobs that exist all over the country—in cities all over the country and in regional towns all over the country—providing services to communities everywhere.

If Peter Dutton wins the next election he will take the country backwards, and you will be worse off—have no doubt about it. If Peter Dutton had gotten his way, every single Australian would have been $7,200 worse off.