Anthony Albanese has done the morning FM radio rounds.
Asked on Sydney radio GoldFM about the polls, Albanese said:
Well, there’s a lot at stake over the next week. What’s at stake is whether students will get 20 per cent off their debt, whether Australians get a tax cut or, under Peter Dutton, they actually get an increase in their income taxes, every single taxpayer. Whether first home buyers will get access to a five per cent deposit is important. Whether we make more things here in Australia, whether we continue to act on climate change and whether we continue to build positive relationships in the world, all of that is at stake. But what is front and centre after our announcement yesterday about Medicare 1800, where people will be able to ring and get access to health advice 24 hours a day, on top of our Urgent Care Clinics and our greater access for bulk billing – we know that’s on one side of the equation, on the other side, Peter Dutton last night, in response to saying that he wanted to abolish bulk billing, which he did when he was Health Minister, said that he wanted to make primary care sustainable. Well, he’s belled the cat that he doesn’t think it’s sustainable to get a free trip to the doctor, which was his view then, it clearly is still his view and that is an enormous setback for the country if that occurs.
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