AT first glance the 2025 Albanese Government budget seems to offer little specifically for the eastern suburbs.

On Wednesday at a press conference WA Treasurer and West Swan MLA Rita Saffioti said she welcomed the federal budget presented on Tuesday and particularly the major boost to health funding, Medicare urgent care clinics and supporting GP affordability.

“We need to encourage more people and more GPs in particular to bulk bill and also to have more GPs accessible,” she said.

“That will help take pressure off our health system, in particular our emergency department.

“So, we welcome the initiatives when it comes to increasing the supply, but in particular, the accessibility of affordable GP visits.”

If re-elected the federal Albanese Government has committed $644 million to fund Medicare urgent care clinics with new clinics planned in Ellenbrook and Mundaring.

Ms Saffioti also said at the conference that there was about $640m provisioned to WA which remained unallocated and more work needed to be done to get that allocated to funding key road priorities around the state.

“We did get notification last night about the $640m of extra funding, which wasn’t highlighted in the budget, but highlighted as a provision, and that will be allocated to the state,” she said.

In his budget speech on Tuesday federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers said

the Australian economy was turning the corner.

“Inflation is down, incomes are rising, unemployment is low, interest rates are coming down, debt is down, and growth is picking up momentum,’’ he said.

“On all these fronts, our economy and our budget are in better shape than they were three years ago.

Mr Chalmers said his budget’s five main priorities were helping with the cost of living, strengthening Medicare, building more homes, investing in every stage of education and making the economy stronger, more productive and more resilient.

“New plans for cost of living and health are accompanied by new investments in housing,” he said.

“We are tackling the housing shortage from every responsible angle.

“Our $33 billion plan will help build 1.2 million new homes before the decade is out.

“This includes $54m to accelerate the uptake of modern methods of housing construction.”

Mr Chalmers also said first home buyers were receiving more assistance by updating the property price and income caps so more first home buyers are eligible for the scheme.

“This will help 40,000 Australians buy their first home in the next 4 years,” he said.

“And we’re easing pressure on the housing market by banning foreign investors from buying established homes, and cracking down on foreign land banking as well.”

Labor’s federal budget also addressed the Future Made in Australia plan which plans to support the production of Australian‑made green metals, like aluminium and iron.

Meanwhile the Labor party’s Made in WA plan affects areas like Forrestfield where a pledge was made to manufacture power line infrastructure for Western Power by utilising existing businesses in the area.

Mr Albanese told Triple M Hobart on Thursday that he would be calling the election soon.

“Certainly my Caucus colleagues (want me to), wanting to get into the campaign, particularly as the Coalition have just announced this morning, not only did they vote against the tax cuts for every taxpayer last night in the Senate and in the House of Representatives yesterday, they’re now saying they’re going to repeal it,’’ he said.

The Nationals candidate for Bullwinkel Mia Davies criticised the Albanese Government’s fourth budget saying it’s a bust for households and businesses doing it tough in the electorate.

“It doesn’t matter whether you’re in regional WA, the Perth Hills or foothills, this budget misses the mark,” she  said.

“Despite record revenue delivered by strong commodity prices and income tax, the Albanese Government has driven net debt to an eye-watering one trillion dollars.

Federal opposition leader Peter Dutton will be delivering his budget reply on Thursday night.