SUSAN TEMPLEMAN, FEDERAL MEMBER FOR MACQUARIE: I think what's really disappointing about what we're seeing at the moment is the opposition is still talking about themselves. They're talking about their jobs, they're not interested in the jobs of ordinary Australians. And that's where our focus is, it's all about how we can make the lives of Australians better. In my own community, I'm so delighted that we've just had a Medicare urgent care clinic open in the last week and we're about to have a new, endometriosis, pelvic pain and menopause clinic open in the Blue Mountains and that will serve our community and the women in our community in a way they've not been able to get access to quality healthcare.
Also in the Blue Mountains, the Hawkesbury and the Plains, we've been able to more than triple the number of bulk billing GP practices by the changes that we've made, and this is what the focus of the Albanese government is. It's on cost of living, how we can make things better for families, how we can help them with the thing that matters most, and that's their health. I know today we have one of our defence ministers out talking about jobs in the space industry because we also want to look at the jobs of the future, so it’s an exciting time to be able to keep supporting the people of Australia.
JOURNALIST: Susan what kind of tax reform can we expect in the budget? Jim Chalmers has flagged it, what are we going to get?
TEMPLEMAN: I’m always open to ideas about the things that we can do that make this economy work better particularly for younger generations with the intergenerational challenge that we face with an aging population and the circumstances that we have so I am really open to hearing the ideas that come through and of course I am not in cabinet, I don’t get to make those decisions, but we should be looking at a range of options from time to time and considering what might work best for where we are now.
JOURNALIST: We’ve seen One Nation really eat away at the Coalition’s vote in numerous polls now, do you have any concerns about your own seat and other Labor seats that maybe that One Nation vote could impact their election?
TEMPLEMAN: I have been a Member of Parliament for four terms now, I’ve lost two elections, I’ve won four, I’ve been the most marginal seat in the country for a term and so I am always focused on the needs of my community, on the policies that we put forward that will make their lives better and that will continue to be my focus.
JOURNALIST: Thank you.
TEMPLEMAN: Thank you!
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