Mrs PHILLIPS (Gilmore) (11:05): The Albanese Labor government's No. 1 priority is to keep delivering cost-of-living relief for Australians. We're focused on helping on so many levels, from tax cuts for every taxpayer and a pay rise for our lowest-paid workers to cheaper home batteries and slashing student debt, because we know every little bit helps.

Our record investment in Medicare is at the heart of our cost-of-living relief, with a focus on cheaper medicines and reducing healthcare costs. I'm so pleased that, since the Albanese Labor government's GP bulk-billing incentives were introduced, on 1 November 2025, the number of fully bulk-billing medical practices in Gilmore has more than doubled.

There are now 32 fully bulk-billing practices operating across my electorate. This means it's easier for locals to see a doctor and it's saving families hundreds of dollars in out-of-pocket medical expenses.

Our Medicare urgent care clinics are saving families money by offering free walk-in health support seven days a week. The Batemans Bay Medicare Urgent Care Clinic has been invaluable for locals and visitors alike over the busy summer holiday period, helping with stings, breaks and other urgent but non-life-threatening care.

And I'm so excited that the new Nowra clinic will open its doors on Thursday, providing much-needed walk-in care seven days a week and taking pressure off the busy Shoalhaven Memorial Hospital emergency department.

From 1 January, we've made the biggest cut to the cost of medicines in the history of the PBS, with all PBS scripts now $25 or less—the cheapest they've been in more than two decades. And our landmark $792.9 million women's health package has helped more than 660,000 women access cheaper medicines, including contraceptives, menopausal hormone therapies and endometriosis treatment, in the last year.

That's our government delivering more choice, lower costs and better care for Australian women.

Labor has provided more free health care, energy bill relief for every household, free TAFE and so much more to help families. Every taxpayer, including 64,000 people in Gilmore, will receive another tax cut in July this year.

That's money going straight back into the pockets of hardworking locals. We've expanded paid parental leave to 24 weeks, and super is now being paid on that as well. This is such a massive help for new parents and young families.

We're giving housing apprentices a leg-up, with a $10,000 bonus on top of their wages, and we're supporting our nursing, teaching, social work and midwifery students with paid pracs to help cover the costs of accommodation, travel and uniforms.

More than 14,000 students in Gilmore are also saving an average of $5,500, with their student debt slashed. Of course, one close to my heart is permanent free TAFE. As a former TAFE teacher, I've seen firsthand how TAFE changes lives for the better. I'm seeing local school leavers now studying for free and older people upskilling in priority areas, like disability, aged care, construction and early childhood education.

We've delivered a 15 per cent pay rise for early childhood educators, and we're opening the doors for eligible families to access three days of subsidised child care per week.

Gilmore has one of the highest numbers of seniors and age pensioners of any electorate, so I'm thrilled that we're supporting our wonderful aged-care nurses with another pay rise. Labor is delivering on our ambitious $45 billion plan to build more homes, get more Australians into homeownership and get renters a better deal.

We're getting young Australians into homeownership through our five per cent deposit scheme, and our Help to Buy scheme is helping low- and moderate-income earners, who have previously been locked out of homeownership.

As of this week, 2,450 homeowners in Gilmore have taken advantage of our Cheaper Home Batteries Program to cut their power bills, and more community batteries are being rolled out in the regions, including four in Gilmore this month, to help more households share in cheaper, cleaner energy from the sun.

I know people in my electorate are feeling the pinch, and that's why I'm proud to be part of a government that is getting on with delivering things that matter most to families in my community.