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Backing a wage rise for low-paid workers

More jobs, low unemployment and lower inflation

A year and a half of annual real wages growth

Ministerial arrangements

Labor's costed plan to Build Australia's Future

1800MEDICARE: Free urgent care on your phone

Support for 600 community language schools

Labor is backing men's health

Labor fast tracking 6,000 tradies

Labor’s commitment to women

Statement from the Prime Minister on Pope Francis

Labor will protect your weekend penalty rates

Free mental health support for Australian parents

Tax Reform for Easier, Faster, Better Tax Returns

5% deposits for all first home buyers

Labor Expanding Perth's Ferry Network

New Health and Aged Care Plan for the Territory

'Kids for the Reef' rebate to boost reef education

$1bn for more free mental health services

One million energy bill busting batteries

$120m for maternity services at Rouse Hospital

Labor road blitz continues throughout Melbourne

More tax relief for small businesses under Labor

Statement on USA tariffs

Billions risked if Dutton scraps Same Job Same Pay

Labor to deliver a health hub for Burnie

$355m expansion of St John of God Midland

$10m for weather radar in regional Queensland

Labor’s road blitz delivering for Melbourne

$300m health service for South Adelaide

Labor backs another wage rise for low paid workers

$95m to Tasmanian Freight Equalisation Scheme

Labor delivering a new medical school at QUT

Labor will ban supermarket price gouging

$20M to encourage Australians to buy Aussie made

Albanese Labor Government backing small businesses

An education system to support a stronger economy

A history-making health budget

Responsible cost of living help

Responsible economic and fiscal management

Building a stronger economy

Budget 2025: Building Australia's Future

New cost of living tax cuts under Labor

Budget 2025: Delivering for Australia

All public schools now on a path to full funding

All QLD state schools on path to full funding

More homes, more quickly and easier to buy

More energy bill relief for homes, small business

Cheaper medicines to get even cheaper

More choice for Australian women on the PBS

More support to tackle homelessness

Another pay rise for aged care nurses

NSW public schools on path to full, fair funding

50 more Medicare Urgent Care Clinics

New rights and protections for Australian workers

26 February 2025

5 quarters of annual real wage growth under Labor

19 February 2025

PM Anthony Albanese: Strengthening Medicare

23 February 2025

More bulk billing, more doctors, more nurses

23 February 2025

More Australians in a job than ever before

20 February 2025

Ban on foreign investors buying established homes

16 February 2025

3 day child care guarantee passes parliament

13 February 2025

Changes to help more Australians into a home

12 February 2025

6 million additional bulk billed GP visits

11 February 2025

Labor building on investments to close the gap

10 February 2025

Over $500M announced for women's health

9 February 2025

Funds flow for new crisis and transitional housing

2 February 2025

Dutton long lunches would cost taxpayers billions

4 February 2025

Underlying inflation falls to three-year low

29 January 2025

Albanese Govt investing in our apprentices

24 January 2025

Smaller deficit for 2024–25 in MYEFO

18 December 2024

Albanese Govt delivering 25k more homes across NSW

22 January 2025

Aluminium to forge our manufacturing future

20 January 2025

Protection against RSV for mums with free vaccine

19 January 2025

Lowest average unemployment in over 50 years

16 January 2025

Albanese Govt turbocharging housing in Victoria

16 January 2025

Updates to the Cabinet and Ministry

16 January 2025

Release of the first National Autism Strategy

14 January 2025

Only Labor will finish the NBN and keep it public

13 January 2025

$7.2 billion in new funding to fix the Bruce Hwy

Albanese Govt turbocharging housing in Queensland

Student debt cuts begin rolling out

11 December 2024

Next steps in a universal early education system

11 December 2024

Over 30 free Medicare Mental Health Centres open

5 December 2024

Better protections from SMS scams

3 December 2024

Pay rises delivered for early educators

4 December 2024

1 million visits to Medicare Urgent Care Clinics

5 December 2024

Life changing endometriosis treatment now cheaper

1 December 2024

Social media reforms to protect our kids online

29 November 2024

Build-to-rent paves the way for 80k homes

28 December 2024

Release of new National HIV Strategy

28 November 2024

Legislation to increase funding to public schools

26 November 2024

Historic aged care reform passes Parliament

25 November 2024

Bill passes to wipe $3 billion of student debt

26 November 2024

15% pay rise for early educators passes Parliament

26 November 2024

The Hon Bill Shorten MP: Valedictory Speech

21 November 2024

Medicare data shows increase to bulk billing

4 November 2024

Building Australia's Future

3 November 2024

Fee-Free TAFE is here to stay with Labor

3 November 2024

A further 20 per cent off all student loan debts

3 November 2024

Delivering an Australian CDC

29 October 2024

Albanese Govt supporting hundreds of new homes

23 October 2024

Reducing card surcharges for Australians

15 October 2024

Cracking down on shrinkflation

Helping Australians get fairer supermarket prices

Labor delivers biggest ever back-to-back surpluses

30 September 2024

Cheaper child care delivers cost of living relief

28 September 2024

Super boost for new parents

19 September 2024

Biggest investment in social, affordable housing

16 September 2024

Once in a generation aged care reforms

12 September 2024

Helping more Australians buy a home

9 September 2024

Investing to help keep women and children safe

6 September 2024

Australians save over $500m on cheaper medicines

1 September 2024

New laws to combat sexually explicit deep fakes

Aviation White Paper released

Right to disconnect and other benefits begin

Ending gender-based violence

15% pay rise for early educators

Government response to Disability Royal Commission

Changes to the Cabinet and to the Ministry

Upskilling ECE and care workers through paid prac

FMIA Bill means a stronger, cleaner economy

Over 2m additional bulk billed GP visits

Almost 930k jobs created under Albanese Government

Homes for Australia a new era of housing reforms

Workplace reforms deliver results

New funding to deliver more homes for Australia

Delivering more homes for Australia

Dutton's risky nuclear reactor plan

Pay rise for low-paid workers and women

Hundreds more homes for NSW residents

Rapid review into violence prevention

New battery strategy to make more batteries here

New campaign encourages respectful relationships

An Australian-made New Vehicle Efficiency Standard

A stronger Medicare

Advancing a Nature Positive Australia

Securing Australia's critical minerals

Closing the Gap by investing in jobs and housing

Delivering on our commitment to a better NDIS

A resilient and prosperous regional Australia

Cost of living help and a Future Made in Australia

Investing in a Future Made in Australia

Budget 2024: Easing cost of living pressures

Responding to the Australian Universities Accord

Investing in govt services and a stronger myGov

Skills to support a Future Made in Australia

Budget delivers for Australia's small businesses

Support for pensioners, income support recipients

Budget delivers for people with disability

Protecting our water for generations to come

Working to keep women safe

A Budget that works for women

New power bill relief

Historic Medicare changes for women with endo

Strengthening Medicare: More Urgent Care Clinics

Multi-billion-dollar investment to build homes

Growing Australia's construction workforce

Cost-of-living support for student prac

Cutting student debt for more than 3m Australians

A Future Made in Australia - 400 new tech jobs

Helping women leave a violent partner

Transforming health and medical research

National Cabinet meets on gender-based violence

Australia budget management ranked 2nd in world

PM: A Future Made in Australia

Australia's new Governor-General

New laws expand Paid Parental Leave

PM: Memorial for Senator Linda White

All NT public schools to be fully funded

Working for Women: A Strategy for Gender Equality

Paying super on Government Paid Parental Leave

Vale Senator Linda White

Cost of living tax cuts to roll out from July 1

27 February 2024

Albanese Government closing the gender pay

22 February 2024

Real wages growth is back

21 February 2024

$14.4 million boost to relief funds

14 February 2024

Workplace loopholes closed

12 February 2024

Labor helps 100k people into home ownership

9 February 2024

Bulk billing on the rise

1 February 2024

A tax cut for every Australian taxpayer

25 January 2024

2023-24 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook

13 December 2023

Passing of Peta Murphy

4 December 2023

Elimination of Violence Against Women

30 November 2023

300k TAFE places grow priority workforces

30 November 2023

Release of HIV Taskforce report

30 November 2023

$15bn NRF open for business

30 November 2023

2023 Gough Whitlam Oration

29 November 2023

National Apology to Thalidomide Survivors

29 November 2023

Support for Australian Thalidomide survivors

29 November 2023

Retirement of Senator Patrick Dodson

28 November 2023

Cheaper medicines and more bulk billing

27 November 2023

Cyber strategy responds to growing threat

23 November 2023

More reliable energy for all Australians

23 November 2023

Biggest investment in cancer nurses on record

17 November 2023

Wages grow faster than inflation in Sept quarter

15 November 2023

Government response to Robodebt Royal Commission

13 November 2023

Funding to protect nature from bushfires

8 November 2023

Vale Bill Hayden

3 November 2023

New era in cancer care for all Australians

2 November 2023

Record Housing Australia support for new homes

2 November 2023

3,000 staffing boost for Services Australia

6 November 2023

Medicare Bulk Billing strengthened

1 November 2023

Start of Housing Australia Future Fund

31 October 2023

Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce reports

23 October 2023

Increased supports for Australia's carers

19 October 2023

National Skills Agreement to unlock billions

17 October 2023

A new era for housing policy begins

12 October 2023

Over 10k helped into home ownership in regions

Strengthening Australia's employment services

25 September 2023

Turbocharging TAFE Centres of Excellence

25 September 2023

Getting more Australians back into work

25 September 2023

White Paper on jobs and opportunities

25 September 2023

First surplus delivered in 15 years

22 September 2023

First Social Housing Accelerator project announced

19 September 2023

Landmark housing legislation passes Parliament

14 September 2023

Disability sector rallies support for the Voice

13 September 2023

Delivering the $10bn Housing Fund

11 September 2023

3.2 million cheaper medicines in 2023

Cheaper child care for more Australians

Introducing the Restoring our Rivers Bill

6 September 2023

Consultations open on National Autism Strategy

4 September 2023

Sixty-day prescriptions begin

1 September 2023

PM launches 'Yes' campaign for Voice Referendum

Inclusion in early childhood education and care

Fee free TAFE blitz smashes target 6 months early

$8M for mental health, suicide prevention research

Bushfire, heatwave preparedness in full swing

Inaugurul Kimberley Kitching Human Rights Award

Deal to guarantee future for Murray-Darling Basin

PM: 49th ALP National Conference closing remarks

The future is in our hands

Securing a sporting legacy for women and girls

Apprentice cost of living relief expanded

Gender pay gap drops to lowest level on record

Labor and the Economy - Working for Australia

Helping more Australians buy a home

Delivering better housing outcomes

Drought research to deliver farmer certainty

New Action Plans to end gender-based violence

Solid wages growth in June quarter

Nurses are back in nursing homes

Supporting at risk First Nations families

National Homelessness Week

Shaping Australia’s Housing and Homelessness Plan

PM at Garma: A gift to our country

Boost to the social security safety net

All workers now entitled to FDV leave

Australia jumps up global gender equality list

Release of National Wellbeing Framework

Vale Simon Crean

Labor's commitment to affordable housing

Report of the Robodebt Royal Commission

Labor Budget backs Australian women

$2bn for social housing accelerator program

Support payments boosted

Building a nature positive Australia

Budget 2023–⁠24: Building a stronger Medicare