The Albanese Labor Government will invest to support the most vulnerable, broaden economic opportunities and safeguard the critical services Australians rely on.

A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will deliver:

• Further progress on economic equality for women.
• Over $4 billion to address gender-based violence.
• Expansion of Paid Parental Leave to 26 weeks by 2026.
• Superannuation on government Paid Parental Leave.
• $842.6 million to support critical services in remote First Nations communities in the Northern Territory.
• $423.8 million to support people with a disability.
• $3.9 billion to enhance access to legal services, including for people experiencing gender-based violence. This is the Commonwealth’s largest ever investment in legal assistance.
• $21.4 million to improve victim and survivor engagement with the justice system.
• $21.8 million to continue to provide family, domestic and sexual violence services to First Nations women, children and communities.
• $1.3 billion over six years from 2024-25 to support stronger outcomes for First Nations Australians and to close the gap.
• Place-based business coaching and mentoring for First Nations businesswomen.
• $291.6 million to continue delivering aged care reforms.
• $364.5 million to provide general supports for people with disability and their families, carers and kin.
• Responding to the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.
• Increasing availability of culturally safe and qualified mental health supports for First Nations Australians.
• Health checks and upskilling local First Nations staff in remote stores to promote good nutrition.
• $47.6 million to appropriately resource the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA).
• $42.2 million to deliver the National Autism Strategy.
• $17.1 million to establish the Accessible Australia program to increase inclusion through more accessible public infrastructure.

Since we were elected in 2022, the Albanese Labor Government has:

• Invested $534.5 million provided to support the delivery of key National Cabinet priorities to end gender-based violence.
• Implemented recommendations from the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.
• Delivered $1.1 billion in DVA funding, eliminating the backlog of veterans’ compensation and rehabilitation claims.
• Simplified and harmonised veterans’ compensation and rehabilitation legislation, so veterans and their families can more easily get the support they are entitled to.
• Invested $3 billion to improve the lives and safety of people with disability in Australia.
• Improved NDIS to deliver better outcomes and ensured every dollar allocated to the NDIS participants reaches them and is spent in a meaningful way that makes a difference in their lives.
• Invested an additional $11.5 billion in the social security system.
• Increased working age and student payments and expanded eligibility for the higher rate of JobSeeker Payment for older Australians and people with an assessed partial capacity to work.
• Delivered back-to-back increases to the maximum rate of Commonwealth Rent Assistance.
• Extended eligibility for Parenting Payment (Single) to support more single parents.
• Established a National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children.
• Provided more safe spaces for women and children escaping violence.
• Released Australia’s first national gender equality strategy.
• Delivered $55 million in grants to boost women and girls’ sports participation.
• Introduced $5,000 emergency relief grants for people experiencing domestic abuse.
• Legislated 10 days of paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave for all workers.
• Gender pay gap at a record low.
• Introduced sexual harassment protections for workers.
• Banned pay secrecy clauses.
• Made large companies publicly report their gender pay gaps.
• Established a National Women’s Health Advisory Council to address stark differences in the health outcomes for women and girls.
• Introduced new laws to tackle migrant worker exploitation.