STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

Ms BRISKEY (Maribyrnong) (13:53): Today we are celebrating. Millions of working Australians will be earning more and keeping more of what they earn because this government will always back working Australians. Today those in the member for Hume's electorate get a tax cut, those in the member for Goldstein's electorate get a tax cut, those in the member for Gippsland's electorate also get a tax cut—not because those members voted for it; in fact they voted no.

But this Labor government is delivering them anyway because on this side of the House we back working people and we believe that aspiration belongs to all, not just some. In this place you can choose to complain or you can deliver real change. From today, paid parental leave is now six months, minimum and award wage earners are getting a pay rise, and we've banned supermarket price gouging.

It's very easy for the Leader of the Opposition and those opposite to come in here with manufactured outrage and for Senator Hanson to air her grievances on 'Sky after dark', but grievance politics does nothing to lessen the blow of cost-of-living pressures. Out in my electorate, I'm proud to tell my community that this government is focused on them—how we spend every day in this place focused on how we can make their lives easier and fairer.

Those opposite can stay focused on themselves and how they can rebrand. We'll keep delivering for working Australians.