Economic Management

• Delivered $22.1 billion (2022-23) and $15.8 billion (2023-24) budget surpluses, largest back-to-back surpluses on record

• Improved fiscal position by $209 billion over three years, gross debt $188 billion lower than forecast

• Created 1.2 million jobs since 2022, strongest employment growth among major advanced economies

• Real wages grew for eight consecutive quarters, longest run in almost a decade

• Minimum wage earners earning $175+ per week more than May 2022

• Inflation fell to 2.4% (December 2024) from 6.1% inherited, within RBA target band

• Unemployment at 4.3% (November 2025), one of lowest rates in 50 years

• AAA credit rating reaffirmed, ranked 3rd in G20 for budget balance (up from 14th in 2021)

• $22.7 billion Future Made in Australia investment catalysing $100 billion+ private investment

• $15 billion National Reconstruction Fund operational, first $40 million investment announced

Healthcare

• 6 million additional bulk-billed GP visits between November 2023-December 2024

• National bulk billing rates rose from 75% to 77.5%, with 90% of children's GP visits bulk billed

• 87 Medicare Urgent Care Clinics delivered 1 million free visits by December 2024

• $15.1 billion aged care worker pay rises (15% from July 2023, further increases from January 2025)

• 3.6 million additional minutes of care daily in residential aged care

• 83,000 new Support at Home packages in 2025-26, largest single-year increase

• 61 Medicare Mental Health Centres by mid-2026 providing free walk-in care

• Over 7 million vaping products seized under world-first anti-vaping laws

• $1.7 billion additional hospital funding in 2025-26 (12% increase to record $33.91 billion)

• 1,750 trainee GPs in 2025, one-third specialising in rural medicine

• Over $400 million in NDIS fraud prevented

Housing

• $32 billion+ invested across housing programmes

• $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund delivering 55,000 homes by mid-2029

• 93,000+ Australians helped into home ownership since 2022

• Over 180,000 buyers assisted through Home Guarantee Scheme (unlimited from October 2025)

• $6.3 billion Help to Buy scheme saving buyers $900-$1,200 per month

• 1.2 million homes target through National Housing Accord

• 4,675 housing construction apprentices supported in first three months

• 26,000+ homes fast-tracked through planning reforms

• 15% increase in Commonwealth Rent Assistance (largest in 30 years), benefiting nearly 1 million households

• $1 billion for crisis accommodation (20x more than previous government over a decade)

• Foreign investment penalties increased sixfold for vacant properties

Workplace Rights

• Criminalised wage theft from 1 January 2025 (up to 10 years jail, $7.85 million fines)

• Closed labour hire loopholes delivering $15,600-$35,000 wage increases for coal miners, up to 42% for meat processors

• Right to disconnect from August 2024, reducing unpaid overtime by 33% (from 5.4 to 3.6 hours weekly)

• 10 days paid family and domestic violence leave from February 2023

• Expanded Paid Parental Leave to 26 weeks by 2026, with 12% superannuation from July 2025

• Payday superannuation from 1 July 2026, addressing $6.2 billion in unpaid super

• World-leading gig economy protections setting minimum standards

• Implemented all 55 Respect@Work recommendations

• Protected parental leave after stillbirth or infant death

• Prohibited pay secrecy clauses

• Wages growing at 4% annually (highest in 15 years), 2.62 million employees covered by agreements (highest since 2014)

Climate & Environment

• Legislated 43% emissions reduction by 2030 and net zero by 2050 (September 2022)

• Approved 77 renewable energy projects powering 10+ million homes

• Protected 52% of Australia's oceans, first country to exceed 50%

• Quadrupled Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Park (310,000 square kilometres added)

• Passed Environment Protection Reform Bill, establishing National EPA (commencing 1 July 2026)

• Reformed Safeguard Mechanism targeting 200 million tonnes emissions reduction by 2030

• $262 million national parks restoration creating 110 new jobs

• $76 million Saving Koalas Fund, 5,000 hectares restored, 250,000 trees planted

• Reformed Petroleum Resource Rent Tax, increasing receipts by $2.4 billion

• $4 billion Hydrogen Headstart and $6.7 billion Hydrogen Production Tax Incentive

• $500 million Driving the Nation Fund establishing 117 EV charging stations

• New Vehicle Efficiency Standard targeting 60% emissions reduction by 2030

• Capacity Investment Scheme delivered 6.4 gigawatts (enough for 3 million homes)

• Recovered 286 gigalitres Murray-Darling environmental water (vs 2 gigalitres under previous government)

Education

• All public schools on path to full Gonski funding, $16.5 billion over 10 years

• $20 billion student debt relief through indexation fixes and 20% debt cut for 3+ million Australians

• 15% pay rise for 200,000 early educators with fee caps protecting families

• Fee-Free TAFE delivered 568,400 enrolments, now permanent from 2027 (100,000 places annually)

• Commonwealth Prac Payment supporting 68,000 students in teaching, nursing, midwifery, social work

• National Student Ombudsman established with $19.4 million

• Teacher numbers up 2.8% to 320,377, student-to-teacher ratio lowest since 2006

• Uncapped Commonwealth Supported Places for Indigenous medical students

Gender Equality

• Gender pay gap reduced to 11.5% (lowest on record), women's earnings up $173.80 per week

• $925.2 million Leaving Violence Programme (up to $5,000 support), helping 45,000+ Australians

• $573.3 million women's health package (first new contraceptive pills on PBS in 30 years)

• Superannuation on Paid Parental Leave from July 2025, $1.1 billion investment

• First majority-woman federal ministry, record 54% women on government boards (up from 33.4% in 2009)

• 4,000 homes in Housing Australia Future Fund for women fleeing violence

• $400 million annually for homelessness services (doubled)

Cost of Living

• PBS maximum script price cut from $42.50 to $30, $1.1 billion in savings, 66 million free prescriptions

• Mandatory supermarket code from April 2025 (penalties up to $10 million or 10% turnover)

• Price gouging banned from July 2026

• $300 energy bill relief for households, $325 for small businesses

• Tax cuts from July 2024: person earning $75,000 receives $1,554 annually

• Childcare subsidies increased to 90% maximum for families earning $80,000 or less

• Three Day Guarantee from January 2026 (72 hours subsidised care regardless of work)

• Home Guarantee Scheme unlimited from October 2025, Sydney cap increased to $1.5 million

• Single Parenting Payment age cut-off increased from 8 to 14 years ($1.9 billion, 57,000 parents)

• JobSeeker increased 21%, additional $135 per fortnight for single recipients

Integrity

• National Anti-Corruption Commission operational July 2023 (74 active investigations, 10 convictions)

• Administrative Review Tribunal replaced politicised AAT (October 2024), merit-based appointments

• Tax integrity reforms increased maximum fines from $7.8 million to $780 million

• Electoral reform: real-time donation disclosure, $1,000 threshold, $20,000 annual donation cap

• New ministerial code prohibiting blind trusts, requiring divestment of conflicted interests

Foreign Policy

• Restored China relations worth $20 billion in annual trade, record bilateral trade of $312 billion in 2024

• Wine exports to China recovered from $14 million (2023) to $877 million (2024)

• Secured Trump administration AUKUS endorsement and $8.5 billion critical minerals agreement

• Commenced domestic missile production (December 2025), 4,000 rounds annually from 2029

• Record $2 billion annual Pacific development assistance

• 3,000 Pacific Engagement Visas annually (first permanent migration pathway)

• Defence spending increased by $50.3 billion over decade, reaching $100 billion by 2033-34 (over 2.3% GDP)