Today Jim Chalmers has handed down his second budget deficit in a row – $22 billion in the red – blowing out to be more than double the deficit he handed down the year before. The higher taxes Australians have paid have been squandered due to his reckless spending which is keeping inflation and interest Read More >
E&OE… I am absolutely delighted to be here at the North Melbourne Grand Final Breakfast. One of the great institutions of Australian sport, it’s an amazing scene for me to see. This is my first AFL Grand Final, and obviously my first Grand Final Breakfast. And whilst I know that Victorians revere their AFL heroes, Read More >
The Albanese Labor Government must explain how an AI agent gained unauthorised access to a Services Australia system and why the Government did not detect it. Australians only know this breach occurred because OpenAI told us about it. This incident raises serious questions about the adequacy of Services Australia’s cyber defences, particularly given the Auditor-General Read More >
Labour Force data released today shows unemployment rose to 4.6% in August, with youth unemployment jumping up to be more than double the national rate at 10.8%. This is the highest unemployment rate seen since the rate fell to historic lows in the post-pandemic recovery. There are 80,000 more people unemployed in the past year Read More >
I think you’re a brave group of people inviting somebody like me to come and speak about deregulation first thing in the morning, particularly after the night I understand you had last night. On that note, I want to acknowledge my colleague in the room, Andrew Hastie MP, the Member for Canning and Shadow Minister Read More >
“The Intergenerational Report reveals the cost of the Albanese economic model that is stoking inflation and higher interest rates, crashing wealth and wages, and setting future generations up for even lower standards of living”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments follow the release of the seventh Intergenerational Report by the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, Read More >
The Coalition will introduce the Fuel Price Shield, an automatic safeguard designed to reduce the impact of major global oil price shocks on Australian families and businesses meaning they will pay less at the pump. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Angus Taylor MP (@angustaylormp) Under the Fuel Price Shield, fuel excise Read More >
E&OE / CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY Fellow Liberals, friends: We’re just shy of six months out from the state election. And first and foremost, I want to commend Kellie Sloane for her outstanding leadership. This morning, Kellie has reiterated her plan and vision for New South Wales. And her remarks follow on from her policy-rich budget Read More >
Veterans have been given a life-changing and in many cases life-saving win after the Coalition forced Labor to ‘scrap the cap’ on allied health services. Leader of the Opposition Angus Taylor said today’s decision belonged to the veterans who stood up and made their voices heard. “This is a victory for veterans, their families and Read More >
“The International Monetary Fund has issued a fail to the Albanese government’s economic model because it is destroying the wealth and wages of Australians and failing to drive reform to increase the health of the economy”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments come in the wake of the latest IMF report card into Read More >
Anthony Albanese has created a $7 billion hole in Labor’s Budget after overturning, via text message to a journalist, a budgeted reduction in Australia’s refugee and humanitarian intake from 20,000 to 13,750 places a year. New Parliamentary Budget Office analysis obtained by the Coalition confirms Labor’s May Budget was already built on the refugee and Read More >
Under Labor, the number of Australians working more than one job has passed one million for the first time on record, and it is women and young Australians who are having to work the hardest. 1,049,100 Australians worked more than one job in the June quarter 2026 and the multiple job-holding rate has climbed to Read More >
The Albanese Government has serious questions to answer about how seriously it is taking cleaning up corruption and criminal activity in the construction industry. Reporting in The Age reveals the AFP declined a formal request from Victoria Police to investigate alleged cross-border corruption, while industry insiders seeking to report suspected payments to the underworld say they were Read More >
It is hard to believe that today is the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. It is hard to fathom that an entire generation of young Australians have reached adulthood who were not born on 9/11. And yet, they have grown up in a post 9/11 world – a darker world. My four children Read More >
The Coalition will oppose Labor’s exposure draft of the Online Safety Amendment (Digital Duty of Care) Bill 2026 in its current form. Australians want their children protected online and the world’s biggest technology companies held to account. But protecting children cannot become an excuse to hand politicians sweeping powers over lawful speech, news, political debate Read More >
Thank you very much for that, Innes. That was a lovely welcome, and thank you also to the Australian Industry Group for hosting this conference. Before I start, I should make particular mention of the previous lead speaker, Michele O’Neil. I was going to say really nice things, and she’s already ducked out the door. Read More >
“More tax landmines keep emerging from Jim Chalmers’ budget, now covering the full circle of life from cradle to grave because the Albanese government can’t kick its spending addiction”, said Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments come in the wake of reports in The Australian today that Jim Chalmers’ Budget contains a birth tax Read More >
Labor is now openly divided over Australia’s failed tobacco excise regime, with NSW Labor Premier Chris Minns calling for the tobacco tax to be cut while Anthony Albanese continues to stick his head in the sand. Speaking on Sky News this morning, Premier Minns said the current tax settings were not working and were helping Read More >
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 >