Across Australia, over the last four years, the Federal Labor Government has been working hard to build Australia’s future. Here are some highlights.
•We abolished WorkChoices
•We have increased hospital funding by 50%
•We have increased the age pension by more than $100 for singles and $76 for couples.
•When we were all threatened by the GFC we did what we had to do and Australia came through stronger than most countries.
•We’re strengthening the economy and getting the budget back to surplus by 2013, three years earlier than expected.
•We have developed a single national school curriculum with a focus on the basics.
•We are investing in new cancer research and treatment centres.
•We are funding over 1,000 new nurse training places every year and now we’ll have an additional 1,300 GPs qualified or in training by 2013.
•We’re currently delivering Trade Training Centres for 732 schools and over the next three years we’ll ensure another 520 schools have access to one.
•Despite setbacks we’re tackling climate change with record investment in renewables like solar.
•We have cut taxes in the last three budgets.
•There is record investment in infrastructure like highways, rail and ports.
•We are building a National Broadband Network
•We are creating 130,000 new education and training places and 50,000 university places.