What a game by the @Socceroos 🇦🇺 A massive win at the #FIFAWorldCup. We’re all cheering you on back home 💚💛

Pure joy in Vancouver #socceroos

We're working hard to keep fuel flowing for Australians.

☑️ 5% deposits. ☑️ 100,000 homes just for first home buyers. ☑️ A fairer tax system. We’re making it easier for first home buyers to get a foot in the door.

Faced some hard hitting questions from the students at St Fiacre’s in Leichhardt today. While I can’t ban homework, I can make sure their school gets the funding it deserves. We’re fully funding every school in Australia. Because every student deserves the best possible start in life.

More than 7 million Australians are living with arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions. This morning we opened the Institute for research with Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney. And we announced funding through the Medical Research Future Fund with Arthritis Australia. I have seen first hand the impact arthritis can have and know these research funds will help to improve the quality of life for Australians in the future.

3,800 GP clinics are now seeing every patient for free. That’s the difference our boost to bulk billing is making across Australia. Today Jodie Belyea showed me around a clinic in her community that’s made the switch. Here in Frankston and across Australia, we’re making sure you can get free healthcare with just your Medicare card.

We've made the system fairer, so more young Australians can own their own home.

With Free TAFE, you can train for a great job without the cost. And our $10,000 bonus is helping new construction apprentices with the cost of living while they get qualified. We’re opening up life changing opportunities for more Australians, here in Bendigo and right across the country.

With the passing of Richard Scolyer, we have lost one of our brightest lights and one of our biggest hearts. As the joint 2024 Australian of the Year, Professor Scolyer took his place in the national spotlight with determination and purpose as he very publicly dealt with his glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer. Every day, this remarkable man – the cancer specialist who became his own subject – took us into his confidence, and he lifted us all in the process. Richard’s journey was difficult and confronting. “My uncertain path”, as he termed it with characteristic understatement. Yet it was one he travelled with courage, determination, and a grace that never ceased to be remarkable. The way he shared it with us was an act of profound generosity. He showed us what it means to hope, and to keep searching for solutions. He showed us how to stand firm against fear and stay true to yourself. Now Richard’s journey is done, yet his legacy will always be with us. The recently established Richard Scolyer Chair at the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse proudly bears his name. And one day when a cure is found, Richard’s name will be spoken. The hearts of all Australians go out to his wife, Dr Katie Nicholl, and their children, Emily, Matthew and Lucy. And may Richard Scolyer rest in peace.

No matter who you support in politics, it is completely unacceptable to demean, objectify, belittle or offend women. The sexist campaign targeting Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan is a disgrace and the people behind these materials should withdraw them immediately.

Have you seen these signs around? Our Medicare Urgent Care Clinics are helping Australians get free healthcare closer to home. We promised to open 137 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics across the country and here in Caloundra we’re delivering our final one. Because every Australian deserves affordable, quality healthcare.

Australia and New Zealand are family.  And when things are uncertain around the world, family matters more than ever.  Together, we're helping grow our economies and creating more jobs across our region. We are strengthening our defence and security partnership. And we are working together across the Pacific. Because when one of us succeeds, we both succeed.

More jobs and more opportunities for businesses in our region. That’s what @chrisluxonmp and I want for both our countries. And working with business leaders from both sides of the Tasman, we’re helping create more jobs for Aussies and Kiwis.

As we mourn the passing of Michael Tate, we honour a life dedicated to social justice. In politics, diplomacy and the priesthood, Michael Tate combined a formidable intellect, passionate advocacy and a profound sense of humanity. During the Vietnam War, Michael's pacifism drew him to the Labor Party and his moral compass proved a sure guide through his fifteen years as Senator for Tasmania, capped by his time as a Minister in the Hawke and Keating Governments. Michael possessed the courage and conscience to engage with the big issues and the humility to acknowledge their complexity. Long before he was ordained, he practiced what he preached. I offer my heartfelt condolences to Michael's loved ones. May he rest in eternal peace.

Neighbours. Allies. Family 🇦🇺🇳🇿  And working side by side, we can achieve so much more.  Welcome to Australia, Prime Minister @chrisluxonmp. Let’s get to work.

The changes the Howard Government made in 1999 to Capital Gains Tax were supposed to boost investment in the share market. Instead, they turbo-charged property as an investment vehicle. And that fundamentally altered the equation for first home buyers – and for young Australians. Since 1999, house prices have risen by over 400%. More than twice as fast as average incomes. And in the same period, home ownership rates for Australians aged between 25 and 34 fell by 7% points. It is no wonder that more and more young people – and indeed their parents and grandparents - have been worrying they will never own a home. That feeling of having the deck stacked against you is only magnified when young Australians turn up to an auction and get outbid by property investors being given a leg up from the tax system. Our reforms to negative gearing and capital gains tax remove these distortions. Bringing more first home buyers back into the market.

We're fixing the tax system to make it easier for first home buyers.

We’re delivering real change.

PASSED THE HOUSE: tax cuts for every worker and a fair go for first home buyers.