Anthony Albanese today refused to answer direct questions about the organised crime gangs profiting from Australia’s booming illicit tobacco market and refused to rule out reducing tobacco excise. In Question Time, the Prime Minister was twice asked directly about the impact of organised crime and more than 200 tobacco-related arson attacks in Victoria in three Read More >
The Coalition will introduce new federal laws to defend the Australian flag, protect Australia Day, and crack down on people who vandalise the memorials that honour our history and those who served our country. In the last fortnight, a war memorial in the small western Victorian community of Dobie was badly vandalised. A commemorative plaque Read More >
“The job of the Treasurer is to build a stronger Australian economy, yet Treasurer Jim Chalmers is talking down the economy, stoking inflation and dancing on falling property prices that is destroying the wages and wealth of Australians”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments follow the Treasurer welcoming bank forecasts of significant declines Read More >
Ladies and gentlemen: Our country and way of life is changing in a worrying and unpleasant way. In the last four years, there have been almost daily reminders of a country beset by troubles. Home invasions. Knife attacks. Shopping centre brawls. Shops ram-raided. Businesses torched. Synagogues firebombed. Gangland shootings. Corruption in the building sector. In Read More >
Small and family businesses have spent the last four months seeking legal, financial and valuation advice and told their restructure costs could be $50,000, all because our taxaholic Treasurer can’t keep his hand out of the small business till and kick his spending and inflation addiction. The Albanese government’s Budget has been filled with tax Read More >
Australia’s tobacco wars have become a national organised crime crisis. Today, the Coalition launches a major law and order policy to crush the organised crime gangs that are making billions from illegal cigarettes and vapes. Our plan will stop the firebombings, extortion, and violence on Australian streets which is helping to fund drug trafficking, scams, Read More >
“Jim Chalmers has conceded his Budget is destroying the wealth and wages of Australian families, while Australians are living the consequences of his active inflation agenda”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments come in the wake of the Treasurer’s first admissions since his Budget that his measures have contributed to the significant decline Read More >
The Albanese government’s active inflation agenda continues to put the brakes on the Australian economy, as they stoke inflation, tax inflation and spend inflation in a vicious cycle that is sending Australians backwards. The latest National Accounts for the June 2026 quarter show that income tax paid is up 39% since Labor came to power, Read More >
“Senior former public servants and the financial sector are directly rejecting the Treasurer’s snaky assumptions in his broken Budget that pushed debt over $1 trillion and is increasing interest rates and supermarket prices”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments follow reports that former Treasury and Prime Minister’s Department Secretary, Phil Gaetjens, has directly Read More >
“Small business is collapsing and home values are falling because the Albanese government can’t kick its spending addiction to fuel its active inflation agenda”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments come in the wake of new data from Cotality showing a collapse in house prices across the country, and AIG analysis that shows Read More >
“The Albanese active inflation agenda is making small business unsustainable and unviable with profitability falling backwards 15 per cent in real terms”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson, today. Mr Wilson’s comments follow the release of ABS business data showing that, adjusted for inflation, small business profits are down 15 per cent since the June quarter Read More >
“The Albanese government’s spending addiction to feed their active inflation agenda has led the National Australia Bank to forecast interest rate hikes in September, exactly when households and small business can least afford higher interest rates and supermarket prices”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments come as the National Australia Bank forecasts the Read More >
The Coalition will guarantee $1.5 billion for housing infrastructure in regional Australia, helping unlock new homes and ease the housing shortage hurting families and communities across the country. Under the commitment, 30 per cent of the Coalition’s $5 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund will be ring-fenced for regional, rural and remote Australia. The funding will help Read More >
“The Albanese government’s addiction to spending means underlying inflation remains stubborn with prices at the supermarket remaining high, with interest rates”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments come in the wake of the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data from the ABS. It shows that Australia has higher core inflation than all G7 Read More >
The Prime Minister must put pride and political interests to one side and urgently act on calls to extend the Antisemitism Royal Commission from Australia’s most respected national security leaders. Many Australians will be shocked and alarmed today to learn that the Royal Commission is winding up early despite key witnesses – including government ministers, Read More >
The Coalition will move to introduce a Bill to end Labor’s Net Zero obsession that is making Australians poorer and stop taxpayer money being used to help investment funds buy up Australian farmland and turn it into carbon-offset projects. Under the move the Coalition would introduce new legislation to end Labor’s over $80 billion net Read More >
“The Albanese government has been caught laying yet another tax landmine in its Budget to feed its spending addiction, and this time it’s targeting superannuation” said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments come in the wake of reporting in The Australian that Labor’s capital gains changes contain a hidden tax on superannuation. The Treasury estimates it Read More >
A Coalition Government will back Australian gas, unlock new supply and use State Energy Deals to deliver cheaper, more reliable energy for Australian families and businesses. Australia is one of the most energy-rich countries in the world, yet Australians are being asked to pay more for energy because Labor governments have made it harder to Read More >
The Coalition is calling on the Albanese Labor Government to abandon its planned $5,000 annual cap on Veterans’ allied health care before it comes into effect. The Albanese Government’s 2026–27 Budget imposed an arbitrary $5,000 annual limit on DVA-funded allied health services for Veteran Card holders from 1 July 2027. The Government has booked $748 Read More >
Labor and the Greens are preventing a Senate inquiry into a new tax on major energy and infrastructure projects. The new tax, buried in a treasury bill, would increase the tax on foreign investment in infrastructure projects – like oil pipelines, solar panels, fertiliser plants, and batteries. “Labor don’t want you to know what this Read More >