QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Prime Minister) (14:14): Today we are delivering real change to assist Australians. Today wages go up; taxes go down. Today, Paid Parental Leave is expanded to six months.

Today superannuation will be paid on Paid Parental Leave. Workers super, as a result of changes we have made, get paid from today on payday, making a difference. All urgent care clinics are made permanent today, meaning that, when it comes to the costs of health care, people can get the care they need when they need it with just their Medicare card, not their credit card—all 137 clinics open.

There are more cheaper medicines from today—an additional 10 medicines added to the PBS. That is what delivering real change looks like. That is what makes a difference to people who are under financial pressure.

And unlike the three right-wing parties, the axis of grievance, we are not just identifying issues but making a difference. The SPEAKER: The Manager of Opposition Business on a point of order. Mr Tehan: I'd point to a previous ruling by you, Speaker, where you said, 'I would bring the minister back to the question.' It was a specific question about how much an electricity bill is and energy prices becoming more expensive.

You can add to that gas, rents, health costs, education costs and childcare fees. And then you said, 'I ask the minister to return to the question.' I think the question was about how much things are going up, and the Prime Minister needs to return to it. The SPEAKER: I thank the manager for that point of order.

We'll hear from the Leader of the House. Mr Burke: I think the key to how broad this question was is the word 'everything'. The SPEAKER: The manager raises a point of relevance, and just to deal with this: relevance depends on the circumstances of the question.

It's pretty difficult to look at that question and say it's the same as this question. I understand where he's coming from, but when the question raises so many issues—and the question does, about the issue that he was asked about, about paying more—I think the Prime Minister is contesting that as a point. So he is being directly relevant.

The Prime Minister will continue. Mr ALBANESE: Mr Speaker, I'll tell you what's going up: the minimum wage. It's going up today.

I'll tell you what's also going up: paid parental leave, up by two weeks. I'll tell you what else is going up: the number of cheaper home batteries—450,000 since last July. I'll tell you what else is going up: bulk-billing rates, expanding and growing.

What else is going up? The number of people attending urgent care clinics, all going up. I'll tell you what else is going up: the number of first home owners buying their own home as a result of the changes we are making.

We're not just identifying issues; we're acting on them. That's what the job is. Unlike the three right-wing parties, the axis of grievance, we're not just identifying issues; we are acting on them—helping people who are under pressure here and now while building for the future and making a positive difference to people's lives by delivering real change.

I'll tell you what is also going up: the number of comments by opposition coalition members saying how hopeless they are. They had their housing spokesperson today say, 'We vacated the field for 20 years and we're now dealing with that huge failure.' Patricia Karvelas asked, 'When did you vacate the field?' Andrew Bragg: 'After 2007.'