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Cost of Living

Inflation and cost of living pressures are hitting both families and businesses. I have been advocating for measures to relieve the pressure on family budgets that do not fuel inflation further and are practical and within the Government’s means.

In 2025 I will be seeking your views on solutions from the Mackellar community on measures to increase housing affordability especially for young people and key workers.

 

My key priorities are:

  • Reducing the cost of living for families through tax reform and addressing housing affordability
  • Solutions to ensure key workers like teachers, nurses and police can afford to live and work in Mackellar
  • Helping parents get back into the workforce with universal and affordable childcare
  • Eliminating the gender pay gap including necessary legal reform
  • Making GP services more affordable through increasing the Medicare rebate, extending the bulk billing incentive and supporting GP practices to be viable
  • Making the transition to renewables more affordable for families and low income households

My actions on Cost of Living

  • Pushing for an increase in direct funding to local councils from 0.5% to 1% of the total federal government tax revenue
  • Supported cheaper childcare for families and extension of paid parental leave
  • Supported the Government’s $10bn Future Housing Fund to build more social and affordable housing
  • Pushed to make HECS fairer for young people
  • Voted to cap coal and gas prices to tackle rising electricity costs
  • Voted in favour of 60-day medicine dispensing to help reduce the cost of medicines and make it easier for people to see their GP
  • Advocating for policies that will push down the cost of transition to renewable power and EV vehicles
  • Supporting independent colleagues who are advocating for more competition for Coles and Woolworths and scrutiny of supermarket prices
  • Worked to secure a community battery in Warriewood to help reduce energy bills and emissions for the community

Australia’s taxation system is also in need of serious reform. The 2023 Intergenerational Report outlines the urgent need for reform with future generations facing the task of paying down nearly $1 trillion in national debt, while also funding the important social services our society will rely on as our population ages.

Policy priorities for Mackellar

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