Albanese delivers his closing statement but has to be cut offf as he’s over time.
“This election is a real choice, a choice between Labor’s plans to build Australia’s future and the Coalition’s plans for cuts when it comes to education,” he says.
“We have schools funding, childcare making it more affordable. Our universities accord, or a plan to get rid of free TAFE, to cut schools like what happened last time, with $30 billion of cuts on Medicare … we’ll strengthen it.
“People know that we believe in Medicare. And they know that the last time they were in government and Peter was the Health Minister, they tried to introduce an abolition of bulk billing. That is a choice that they have.
“On climate change we’ve heard tonight acceptance of the science of climate change. We accept it and we’re acting on it with renewables backed by gas, batteries and making sure that we deliver on climate change and on renewable energy.
“When it comes to agenda issues we didn’t confront today, we had a women’s health program, the most significant we have had. We had paid parental leave. We have had a gender program that puts women at the centre of our economic and social agenda. And theCoalition have not done anything on any of those issues.”