Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Prime Minister) (14:30): I thank the member for Hume for his question. The truth is that, if he had his way, Australians would be worse off because they wouldn't have got the support that we have been prepared to support and sought through this parliament. Under those opposite, every Australian would have been worse off. Without our tax cuts, 84 per cent of taxpayers would be worse off. 2.9 million taxpayers wouldn't have got a dollar. Without our cheaper medicines, Australians would be $1 billion worse off. Without the Medicare urgent care clinics, families would have missed out on 900,000 free doctor appointments. Without our wage increases, 2.6 million award wage workers would be worse off. Without our energy rebates, millions of households would be $800 worse off and almost a million small businesses would be $650 worse off. Without our cheaper childcare, 1.2 million families would be worse off. Without our HECS relief, three million Australians would have worse debts—legislation that those opposite voted against, of course, just this week. And we know what they think of free TAFE, because the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said: … it's a key principle and tenet of the Liberal Party: if you don't pay for something, you don't value it. Here we have free TAFE, Medicare—we want people to have bulk-billing when they go to the doctor. We know the Leader of the Opposition tried to get rid of it, but we want people to be able to see a doctor. We want people to be able to get the course in free TAFE to make a difference as well. Those opposite have opposed all of those measures. They have opposed, of course, our industrial relations changes that have seen thousands of workers be paid equal to the people that they're working with if they have the same qualifications and the same experience. Of course they opposed the increases in the minimum wage that we have done three times. We want people to earn more and keep more of what they earn. What those opposite want is for people to work longer for less. Whether it's strengthening Medicare; building more homes; cutting inflation from having a '6' in front of it to having a '2' in front of it, making a difference there; or lifting real wages, all of those measures that we have put in place have been opposed by those opposite, and then they have the hide to speak about living standards. How about they, just for once, vote for an improvement in living standards and cost of living—because they failed to do it for three years. (Time expired)