ALP ACHIEVEMENTS AND BILLS from 2007 to 2013

ALP achievements/bills from 2007 to 2013
1. NBN (the real one) – total cost $37.4b (Government
contribution: $30.4b)
2. BER 7,920 schools: 10,475 projects. (completed at less
than 3% dissatisfaction rate)
3. Gonski – Education funding reform
4. NDIS/DisabilityCare
5. MRRT & aligned PRRT
6. Won seat at the UN
7. Signed Kyoto
8. Signatory to Bali Process & Regional Framework
9. Eradicated WorkChoices
10. Established Fair Work Australia
11. Established Carbon Pricing/ETS (7% reduction in
emissions since July last year)
12. Established National Network of Reserves and Parks
13. Created world’s largest Marine Park Network

14. Introduced Reef Rescue Program
15. National Apology
16. Sorry to the Stolen Generation
17. Increased Superannuation from 9 to 12%
18. Changed 85 laws to remove discrimination against
same sex couples
19. Introduced National Plan to reduce violence against
women and children
20. Improvements to Sex Discrimination Act
21. Introduced Plain packaging of cigarettes
22. Legislated Equal pay (social & community workers up
to 45% pay increases)
23. Legislated Australia’s first Paid Parental Leave scheme
24. Established $10b Renewable energy fund
25. Legislated Murray/Darling Basin plan (the first in a
hundred years of trying.)
26. Increased Education funding by 50%
27. Established direct electoral enrolment
28. Created 190,000 more University places
29. Achieved 1:1 ratio, computers for year 9-12 students
30. Established My School
31. Established National Curriculum
32. Established NAPLAN
33. Increased Health funding by 50%
34. Legislated Aged care package
35. Legislated Mental health package
36. Legislated Dental Care package
37. Created 90 Headspace sites
38. Created Medicare Locals Program
39. Created Aussie Jobs package
40. Created Kick-Start Initiative (apprentices)

41. Funded New Car plan (industry support)
42. Created Infrastructure Australia
43. Established Nation Building Program (350 major
projects)
44. Doubled Federal Roads budget ($36b) (7,000kms of
roads)
45. Rebuilding 1/3 of interstate rail freight network
46. Committed more to urban passenger rail than any
government since Federation
47. Developed National Ports Strategy
48. Developed National Land Freight Strategy
49. Created the nation’s first ever Aviation White Paper
50. Revitalized Australian Shipping
51. Reduced transport regulators from 23 to 3 (saving
$30b over 20years)
52. Introduced NICS – infrastructure schedule
53. Australia has moved from 20th in 2007 to 2nd on
OECD infrastructure ranking
54. Awarded International Infrastructure Minister of the
Year (2012 Albanese)
55. Awarded International Treasurer of the Year
(2011 Swan)
56. Introduced Anti-dumping and countervailing system
reforms
57. Legislated Household Assistance Package
58. Introduced School Kids Bonus
59. Increased Childcare rebate (to 50%)
60. Allocated $6b to Social Housing (20,000 homes)
61. Provided $5b to Support for Homelessness
62. Established National Rental Affordability Scheme
(4.5b)

63. Introduced Closing the Gap
64. Supports Act of Recognition for constitutional change
65. Provided the highest pension increase in 100 years
66. Created 900,000 new jobs
67. Established National Jobs Board
68. Allocated $9b for skills and training over 5 years
69. Established Enterprise Connect (small business)
70. Appointed Australia’s first Small Business
Commissioner
71. Introduced immediate write-off of assets costing less
than $6,500 for Small Business
72. Introduced $5,000 immediate write-off for Small
Business vehicles over $6,500
73. Introduced Small business $1m loss carry back for tax
rebate from previous year
74. Legislated Australian Consumer law
75. Introduced a national levy to assist Queensland with
reconstruction
76. Standardized national definition of flood for
Insurance purposes.
77. Created Tourism 2020
78. Completed Australia’s first feasibility study on high
speed rail
79. Established ESCAS (traceability and accountability in
live animal exports)
80. Established Royal Commission into Institutional
Sexual Abuse
81. Established National Crime Prevention Fund
82. Lowered personal income taxes (Ave family now pays
$3,500 less p.a. than 2007)
83. Raised the tax-free threshold from $6,000 to $18,200

84. Australia now the richest per capita nation on earth
85. First time ever Australia has three triple A credit
ratings from all three credit agencies
86. Low inflation
87. Lowest interest rates in 60 years (Ave mortgagee
paying $5,000 less p.a. than 2007)
88. Low unemployment
89. Lowest debt to GDP in OECD
90. Australian dollar is now fifth most traded in the world
and IMF Reserve Currency
91. One of the world’s best performing economies during
and since the GFC
92. Australia now highest ranked for low Sovereign Risk
93. Overseen the largest fiscal tightening in nations
history (4.4%)
94. 21 years of continuous economic growth (trend
running at around 3%pa)
95. 11 years of continuous wages growth exceeding CPI
96. Increasing Productivity
97. Increasing Consumer Confidence
98. Record foreign investment
99. Historic levels of Chinese/Australian bilateral relations
100. Won International Court of Justice whaling case
against Japan
Source:
https://nofibs.com.au/thank-god-its-friday-geeksrulz-compares-ideaspolicies-and-achievements/