ANTHONY ALBANESE, PRIME MINISTER: Can I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of land on which we meet today and acknowledge elders past, present and emerging. Well, it's been a big week. On Tuesday, we had the first interest rate cuts since 2020. On Wednesday, we learned that real wages are increasing still, now five quarters in a row compared with the five quarters of the former government, the last five quarters where wages went backwards. On Thursday, we learned that employment was continuing to grow. We're now up to 1,152,000 jobs have been created since we were elected to government less than three years ago. On Friday, I signed an arrangement with Premier Malinauskas to save Whyalla and save the steelworks, very much a part of our Future Made in Australia agenda. And I've got to say, in walking through the fine streets of Adelaide, every person in South Australia appreciates and it stands in stark contrast with what happened under the former Government, when there was administration in 2016-17, and where there was no federal dollars, no federal involvement, South Australia was cut loose. Just like they were cut loose when the then Abbott Government and Joe Hockey told the car industry to bugger off and told those jobs and those high value manufacturing to leave. Then on Saturday, we were in Tasmania, there in Devonport, where we had two important announcements. In Devonport, of course, our support for the salmon industry. Aquaculture has a critical role to play, and we want those jobs to be maintained, and we're working with those communities, and we had a fantastic family event with Anne Urquhart, who's such a champion for North West Tasmania, as well as the West Coast. Little kids with their faces painted, we met, we were at Petuna, an example of the best of this country. There we met, it stands for Peter and Una, a couple who started this business in 1949. Peter is still involved in the business at a bit more of a distance these days, but to meet him at the establishment that was built in 1983 to process what is amazingly high quality salmon and ocean trout and other seafood products there, employing generations of people in Northern Tasmania. And then we went to a small distillery with the wonderful Rebecca White there in Killara Distillery in Richmond, a small town near Hobart. And there we made the announcement increasing the amount which is free of excise, from $350,000 to $400,000 that's about helping about 1500 small distilleries, producers of whiskey, gin, craft brewers, as well as changing the WET, the wine equalisation tax, so that that would benefit about 3000 small wineries. These are all businesses that are very much a part of their local community and are so important. And yesterday we had the big one. Yesterday we had our package to save Medicare, to make sure that the bulk billing incentive, which has been so successful for concession card holders, families with children, that we extend that across the board. A commitment that is the largest commitment to Medicare in 40 years. And on top of that, a plan to make sure we deal with the workforce, that we have 2000 extra GPs, that we provide scholarships for nurses and midwives to make a difference as well. A Labor Government will always defend healthcare. Healthcare, and my personal experience with my mum is what politicised me and why I'm here today as the Prime Minister. And we know that Medicare isn't an add on. It's not something that's a play thing. It's not something that you can make an announcement of in 30 seconds, which is what we saw from the pretence from the Opposition. The same guy who wanted to introduce the GP tax, a tax every time people visited an emergency department. Not quite sure how that would work. I know the couple of times I've been in emergency departments, I haven't worried about having my credit card with me, but he wanted that tax on pharmaceuticals and of course, ripped out $50 billion from hospitals. So as Mark said yesterday there in Launceston, this is one of the great divides in Australian politics between Labor that understands that Medicare is the heart, the beating heart of our health system and the Coalition who don't believe that things should be free, whether it's Medicare, a visit to the doctor, or whether it's Free TAFE, or whether it be our commitment to schools and to other services on the basis of need, is how we go about things. So today we've got more work to do, more policy work. We continue to govern and govern well. And I think when we get to the crunch point, the contrast is so clear. Under Labor, inflation down, wages up, interest rates falling, jobs continue to be created, 1.1 million, debt lower, taxes lower as well, a tax cut for every single taxpayer. And I note that Peter Dutton yesterday was saying we should not have an election anytime soon, it should be longer. This time last year he was saying we should have an election immediately in order to stop people getting a tax cut. These are all just thought bubbles, and you can't govern with thought bubbles. You have to govern with serious policy, and that's what we're delivering.