The Coalition supports the independent process to determine the minimum wage increase of 4.75 per cent, as outlined by the Fair Work Commission. The Fair Work Commission itself has noted that while last year’s decision “involved a real wage increase, the accelerated rate of inflation since then has substantially opened up that gap yet again”. Read More >
“Jim Chalmers and Anthony Albanese have admitted they’re hitting us with $273 billion in taxes Australians didn’t vote for”, said Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments follow reports in the Sunday Telegraph today that the cost of repealing Labor’s family saving taxes including death taxes, taxes targeting first home buyers, renters, small businesses, start-ups Read More >
Jane – thank you for your spirited words. You’re a fighter, a doer, and a superb deputy. Friends – please put your hands together for Jane Hume. I want to specially commend two people. Andrew Hirst has given so much to our party. As a staffer doing the hard yards in opposition – and the Read More >
Federal President, Angus, Members of the Federal Executive, parliamentary colleagues, delegates, and friends. It is an extraordinary privilege to address this Council as Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party. A Party I am so proud to belong to. The Party of freedom and choice, of personal responsibility and individual enterprise. Of family and small business. Read More >
Labor’s tax plan will deliver fewer homes, higher rents, smash the economy, and slash jobs. New economic modelling confirms Labor’s deliberate design feature of the 2026-27 Budget is to suppress housing supply in a housing crisis. Industry modelling confirms that housing supply will suffer a net decrease, even after accounting for the housing infrastructure spend Read More >
Labor’s toxic taxes will destroy aspiration in this country, and if the Prime Minister wants to force these toxic taxes onto Australians, he should have the guts to take it to an election. But he won’t. He won’t because he can’t tell the truth. This is a prime minister who leads a government that misleads Read More >
The Coalition supports sensible reform to employment services, but today’s announcement from Minister Rishworth is also an acknowledgment that unemployment is rising under Labor and the current system is not delivering for Australians looking for work. Minister Rishworth stood at the National Press Club today and called this “the biggest reform in 30 years” a Read More >
“Today’s inflation data confirms that the Albanese government’s Budget ‘tax cuts’ will be wiped out by Christmas, and under the Coalition’s Tax Back Guarantee, Australian households will be protected against Albanese’s active inflation agenda by stopping stealth tax hikes”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments follow ABS data confirming inflation for April is Read More >
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I thank the Prime Minister for his heartfelt words. On behalf of the Federal Coalition, I express my condolences to the family and friends of Neale Daniher AO and the wider AFL community on his sad death. Neale was a champion footballer, a mighty coach, a family man, and an Read More >
Mr. Speaker, the verdict is in. This is the worst Budget Australia has seen since Paul Keating’s in 1993. The promise that the Prime Minister gave that there will be no changes to negative gearing, no changes to capital gains tax – he ruled out changes in his own words for the 50th time. Now, Read More >
Thank you Jane. How good is Jane Hume? I’m incredibly proud of my deputy leader and the rest of my team here. Tim Wilson, James Paterson, Dan Tehan and Sarah Henderson. Aaron Violi, Zoe McKenzie, Mary Aldred, and Jason Wood. They’re doing a superb job. It’s great to see all of them here. But it’s Read More >
Today’s Labour force figures expose the growing gap between Jim Chalmers’ rhetoric and the economic reality Australians are facing with higher unemployment and a cost of living crisis. Labor’s own Budget forecast the unemployment rate for the end of this financial year to be 4.25%. Today’s figure of 4.5% shows the labour market is responding Read More >
The Albanese Labor Government’s captains call on American startup PsiQuantum has reached yet another humiliating milestone with reports the much-touted Brisbane site has fallen through. It has today been announced that PsiQuantum has abandoned its original Brisbane Airport site, moving its $1 billion taxpayer-funded project to a new site at Moreton Bay Central. It follows Read More >
To Sam McCulloch, Cecile Wake, and the entire AEP team: Thank you for championing our critical gas and oil industry – gas and oil that’s vital for our economy and our prosperity. To leaders and representatives here today: Whatever part of the energy supply chain you work in – exploration, extraction, production, or distribution – Read More >
Thank you. Thank you to the sponsor, and to all my colleagues in the room who are prepared to fight for a better Australia. Last Tuesday night Australia was hit with an economic earthquake, and its epicenter was Canberra. There were warnings in the weeks prior, but many Australians didn’t believe the tremors would reverberate Read More >
“In an extraordinary admission, the Treasurer has declared his Budget is a lie based on the modelling that confirms he has an active inflation agenda”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments come off the back of the embattled Treasurer releasing modelling about the impact of his new taxes on first home buyers’ savings Read More >
“The Albanese government has hidden a 30% death tax ‘Easter egg’ in their bad faith Budget and was hoping they could sneak their assault on family savings past Australians”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments follow reports in The Australian that found a 30% death tax hidden in the Budget papers targeted at Read More >
Thank you, Mr Speaker. To Australians watching, thank you for your time. Tonight, I want to tell you about my vision for a fairer, freer, and better Australia for all. An Australia where life is affordable. An Australia where we have cheap and abundant energy. An Australia where industries thrive and businesses boom. An Australia Read More >
Leader of the Opposition Angus Taylor has used his Budget in Reply to announce the next stage of the Coalition’s plan for a fairer, freer and better Australia. After four years of higher taxes, more debt, fewer homes, weaker borders and falling living standards under Labor, the Coalition is putting forward seven policies to restore Read More >
After five Labor Budgets, Australians are paying more, working harder, and going backwards. This is a Budget with higher taxes, more debt, more division and no plan to restore Australians’ standard of living or protect our way of life. The Budget confirms Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers are the owners of the highest taxing government Read More >