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| Albanese delivers budget speech and Sydney reports new virus locations – as it happened | |
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| Opposition leader says Australia has ‘once-in-a-generation chance’ to rebuild economy, and Victoria reports no deaths. This blog is now closed | |
| On that note, we are going to close off the blog. We will be back very early tomorrow for the last day of the Senate sitting. | On that note, we are going to close off the blog. We will be back very early tomorrow for the last day of the Senate sitting. |
| And of course, we’ll have all your Covid news as well. | And of course, we’ll have all your Covid news as well. |
| Thank you so much for joining us. We truly appreciate it. Sleep well – and take care of you. Ax | Thank you so much for joining us. We truly appreciate it. Sleep well – and take care of you. Ax |
| Mike Bowers was in the chamber: | Mike Bowers was in the chamber: |
| That ends the interview. | That ends the interview. |
| Anthony Albanese won’t say whether or not Labor will reverse the university changes, if it wins government. | Anthony Albanese won’t say whether or not Labor will reverse the university changes, if it wins government. |
| “Tonight is not the night for it,” he says. | “Tonight is not the night for it,” he says. |
| Leigh Sales: Just on the point about three days, if somebody need childcare for five days, under what you are proposing tonight – it looks like childcare will be mostly not means tested – doesn’t that go against the progressive nature of our system, so that somebody on $50,000 a year is going to be paying the same roughly for five days of childcare as somebody on $500,000 a year? | Leigh Sales: Just on the point about three days, if somebody need childcare for five days, under what you are proposing tonight – it looks like childcare will be mostly not means tested – doesn’t that go against the progressive nature of our system, so that somebody on $50,000 a year is going to be paying the same roughly for five days of childcare as somebody on $500,000 a year? |
| Anthony Albanese: | Anthony Albanese: |
| Leigh Sales: You have announced that you will spend billions on further government spending on childcare. Governments have three ways they can pay for things: raising taxes, cutting spending or borrowing money. How would you pay for the childcare plan? | Leigh Sales: You have announced that you will spend billions on further government spending on childcare. Governments have three ways they can pay for things: raising taxes, cutting spending or borrowing money. How would you pay for the childcare plan? |
| Anthony Albanese: | Anthony Albanese: |
| Sales: On the point about women and the talents of the population, if you care about that, why in your childcare policy is there no mention of an increase in wages for childcare workers, mostly women and the most under-paid members of the community? | Sales: On the point about women and the talents of the population, if you care about that, why in your childcare policy is there no mention of an increase in wages for childcare workers, mostly women and the most under-paid members of the community? |
| Albanese: | Albanese: |
| Sales: Well how much will they be getting, their wages... | Sales: Well how much will they be getting, their wages... |
| Albanese: | Albanese: |
| Anthony Albanese is now on 7.30. | Anthony Albanese is now on 7.30. |
| Leigh Sales: You have been using the term the “Morrison recession” recently. You used it again in your speech tonight. Australians aren’t stupid, they see what is happening globally. Who do you think believes it’s all Scott Morrison’s fault? | Leigh Sales: You have been using the term the “Morrison recession” recently. You used it again in your speech tonight. Australians aren’t stupid, they see what is happening globally. Who do you think believes it’s all Scott Morrison’s fault? |
| Albanese: | Albanese: |
| Sales: You are the opposition leader – like address the question. Who do you think believes it’s Scott Morrison’s fault? | Sales: You are the opposition leader – like address the question. Who do you think believes it’s Scott Morrison’s fault? |
| Albanese: | Albanese: |
| Sales: But the economy would be in exactly the same recession if Bill Shorten were the prime minister? | Sales: But the economy would be in exactly the same recession if Bill Shorten were the prime minister? |
| Albanese: | Albanese: |
| I am told that Anthony Albanese had a bit of help, but “substantially” wrote the speech himself. | I am told that Anthony Albanese had a bit of help, but “substantially” wrote the speech himself. |
| The Labor leader felt invested in this speech. | The Labor leader felt invested in this speech. |
| This reaction is not surprising. | This reaction is not surprising. |
| But the Senate is sitting tomorrow. | But the Senate is sitting tomorrow. |
| The Parenthood likes the speech (they advocate for parents): | The Parenthood likes the speech (they advocate for parents): |
| Executive director Georgie Dent said: | Executive director Georgie Dent said: |
| And the opposition leader appears to understand that by putting women at the centre of his reply and key policy pledge. | And the opposition leader appears to understand that by putting women at the centre of his reply and key policy pledge. |
| “This is not welfare. This is structural reform,” Albanese said of Labor’s $6 billion Working Family Childcare Boost plan. The child plan outlined in Labor’s federal budget response tonight will: | “This is not welfare. This is structural reform,” Albanese said of Labor’s $6 billion Working Family Childcare Boost plan. The child plan outlined in Labor’s federal budget response tonight will: |
| End the $10,560 child care subsidy cap which often sees women losing money from additional days worked; | End the $10,560 child care subsidy cap which often sees women losing money from additional days worked; |
| Lift the maximum child care subsidy rate to 90 per cent; and | Lift the maximum child care subsidy rate to 90 per cent; and |
| Increase childcare subsidy rates and taper them for every family earning less than $530,000. | Increase childcare subsidy rates and taper them for every family earning less than $530,000. |
| Longer term, Albanese said if he’s PM he will make affordable, high quality early education universal. | Longer term, Albanese said if he’s PM he will make affordable, high quality early education universal. |
| Murph’s story on the budget-in-reply is up: | Murph’s story on the budget-in-reply is up: |
| Dave Sharma has responded – he argues yes to trains, but thinks they should only be built in Australia if there is some sort of advantage. | Dave Sharma has responded – he argues yes to trains, but thinks they should only be built in Australia if there is some sort of advantage. |
| Anthony Albanese is now off to the ABC studio for his 7.30 interview. | Anthony Albanese is now off to the ABC studio for his 7.30 interview. |
| The House is adjourned. | The House is adjourned. |
| He did say pandemic. | He did say pandemic. |
| Climate change featured once in Josh Frydenberg’s reply. | Climate change featured once in Josh Frydenberg’s reply. |
| The Labor leader is now bringing it all home: | The Labor leader is now bringing it all home: |
| Creating jobs for today – and training our people for tomorrow. | Creating jobs for today – and training our people for tomorrow. |
| Making quality child care a right for all, not a luxury for some. | Making quality child care a right for all, not a luxury for some. |
| Rebuilding our manufacturing sector. | Rebuilding our manufacturing sector. |
| And powering our recovery with clean energy. | And powering our recovery with clean energy. |
| Labor recommits to a national integrity commission, and then Anthony Albanese moves on to bushfire recovery: | Labor recommits to a national integrity commission, and then Anthony Albanese moves on to bushfire recovery: |
| Murph tells me Greg Hunt yelled out “false” when Albanese said the line about pandemic preparation – and was very quickly shut down by a look from Scott Morrison. | Murph tells me Greg Hunt yelled out “false” when Albanese said the line about pandemic preparation – and was very quickly shut down by a look from Scott Morrison. |