After the flurry of 31 bills passing the Senate yesterday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has downplayed the chances Thursday was the last sitting day of this parliamentary term.
In an interview with ABC’s 7.30, the PM said the government has an “ongoing agenda”, naming its goal to pass production tax credits as part of the Future Made in Australia agenda.
Anthony Albanese addresses the parliament on the final sitting day of 2024.Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
“That has passed the house [on Thursday], the Senate will consider it in February.”
Asked if that was confirmation the parliament will sit in February, Albanese replied, “that is certainly our plan”, signalling the government will not race to an election at the start of the year.
The PM continued:
We fully expect to be sitting in February, and we’ll continue to do the two objectives.
Everything aimed at how do we make life better for Australians, whether that’s immediate dealing with cost of living pressures. So, just this week, measures like helping with HECS debt reducing that, child care wages going up, Free TAFE, all help with that cost of living pressures which are on.
At the same time, how do we set Australia up for the future. So, that Future Made In Australia agenda is a part of that – what are the jobs of the future that are created? Our aged care reforms, the biggest reforms in decades to make sure that older Australians can have the dignity that they deserve in their later years.”
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