Key Albanese Government achievements:

• Cutting taxes to help workers keep more of what they earn and creating a fairer and more sustainable tax system for all Australians.
• Wiping student debt by 20 per cent, directly benefiting around 18,600 people in our region.
• Making Free TAFE permanent and committing to invest over $1.6 billion to 2034-35 to support at least 100,000 Free TAFE and VET places per year from 2027.
• Guaranteeing three days of subsidised early education and care each week for children who need it.
• Making the single largest investment in Medicare since its creation over 40 years ago with our $8.5 billion package delivering more bulk billing and more doctors for all Australians.
• Making medicines even cheaper with prescriptions on the PBS costing no more than $25. The last time these medicines cost no more than $25 was 2004.
• Delivering $25 billion in additional funding for public hospitals, to reach a record $220.3 billion over five years. 
• Making it easier to buy a first home with every first homebuyer only needing a five per cent deposit. Over 1,400 people in our region have already benefited from this.
• Boosting Commonwealth Rent Assistance by more than 50 per cent, supporting 11,000 renters in our region.
• Investing a further $2 billion in enabling infrastructure, speeding up housing approvals and cutting red tape, and increasing the skilled construction workforce.
• Extending the ban on foreign investors buying existing homes until mid‑2029, helping more Australians into homes.
• Introducing new laws requiring social media platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent Australians under 16 from having a social media account and deactivate or freeze existing accounts held by people under 16.
• Increasing the amount of paid parental leave available to families to 24 weeks.
• Enshrining in law penalty rates and overtime rates, protecting crucial entitlements for around 2.6 million workers.
• Changing the rules so that employers must pay their employees superannuation at the same time as their wages.
• Passing legislation to lift child safety in early education and care services. This gives the Government the power to cut off funding to childcare centres that do not meet the National Quality Standard when it comes to safety and quality.  
• Taking real action on climate change with a new target of reducing emissions by 62 to 70 per cent by 2035. We’re investing $2 billion to deliver even more renewable energy and we’ve set up a new $5 billion Net Zero Fund to help heavy industry switch to clean energy.
• Making home batteries cheaper with discounts of around 30 per cent on upfront costs. Over 1,000 Ballarat electorate residents and businesses have already taken advantage of this program.
• Passing legislation to deliver strong environmental reforms that better protect our environment, deliver certainty to industry and more transparency for our community.