Portfolio — 9 May 2026
On the eve of the federal budget, Assistant Minister Patrick Gorman used a media release to frame the government's record on cost-of-living and housing as proof of delivery on election commitments. Gorman led with three concrete achievements — a 20 percent HECS fee reduction, Medicare Urgent Care Clinic expansion, and further tax cuts — before turning to housing as the defining intergenerational equity test.
He cited the Treasurer's $2 billion land supply investment and four consecutive Labor budgets focused on housing as the structural response to younger Australians' affordability challenges. Gorman dismissed One Nation's policy platform as lacking practical solutions.
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