Prime Minister Anthony and Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton faced off in an election debate hosted by Sky News and The Daily Telegraph
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00:00And all you need is this little thing here, Prith.
00:03You just need your Medicare card, not your credit card,
00:07because Labor created Medicare, will strengthen Medicare.
00:11Prith, can I just ask, please, it's a great question,
00:14but can I just ask, what's your experience?
00:16So when you go to the doctor that you talk about with the gap fee,
00:19do you have to use just your Medicare card
00:21or do you have to use your credit card as well?
00:23I have to use both because bus billing doesn't cover the full charge,
00:27so I have to pay $70 or $80 extra.
00:29See, thank you very much and I appreciate it
00:31because yours is the story of literally hundreds of thousands,
00:36millions of Australians as well.
00:37And I've heard the Prime Minister run this stunt before
00:40with the only need your Medicare card.
00:42It's not true.
00:43And the truth is that public sector work conditions
00:48often then flow through to the private sector.
00:51And the truth is as well that every public servant isn't in Canberra,
00:57they're all around Australia,
00:58helping people in Centrelink offices around here.
01:01There is a lot of gas that's exported
01:03that we could turn back into the domestic market.
01:05We can reduce, as the independent analysis has shown,
01:09the cost of gas by about 15%,
01:11and that means we can bring down the cost of electricity.
01:14We can bring down the costs across the economy otherwise.
01:17And that is, I think, transformational for our economy,
01:20but, of course, opposed by the Prime Minister.
01:21Well, let's hear from him.
01:22Well, the only gas policy that the Coalition have
01:25is the gaslighting of the Australian public.
01:28He disagrees with all of the experts which are out there,
01:31whether it's the Australian energy market operator,
01:33everyone who looks at it.
01:35If the nuclear plan stacked up,
01:37the private sector would invest in it.
01:40But everyone who looks at it
01:41says it's the most expensive form of new energy.
01:45What we support is renewables backed by gas.
01:47A cut in the fuel excise, the fuel tax,
01:50it means a 25-cent-a-litre reduction,
01:53not just for families and small businesses,
01:55but also for pensioners
01:57and other people across the economy.
01:59And as you rightly point out,
02:00it takes some pressure off the supply chain.
02:03So it means that, you know,
02:04when you have a look at the fuel bill you're paying,
02:06think about the tradie as well
02:08who might have three or four utes running around
02:10and the cost each week being paid,
02:13or delivery truck drivers.
02:14Because farmers are on, you know,
02:17delivering produce to supermarkets, et cetera.
02:20That's where the real benefit is in the economy.
02:22The tax cuts that you have proposed,
02:24why are they for everyone
02:25and not just targeted for better cost of living
02:28towards those who need it more?
02:29We want to make sure that every Australian got a tax cut
02:33and the way that you make sure
02:34that low and middle income earners benefit
02:37is to target that first marginal tax rate
02:42that kicks in, of course, at $18,200
02:45and goes up to $45,000.
02:48Okay.
02:48Now, let's hear a little bit.
02:50You're welcome.
02:52Thanks for having me.
03:14Thanks for having me.