“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 >
Labour Force data released today shows unemployment rose to 4.5% in July. Since Labor came to power, the unemployment rate has increased 0.6% and 138,000 more Australians are out of work. Youth unemployment remains more than twice the national rate at 10.4% and there are 63,800 more young Australians unemployed now than when the Coalition Read More >
The Coalition is pleased that the government has backed the Opposition’s initiative to establish a Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence. Artificial intelligence poses moral, strategic and economic challenges to Australia and our people. It is the responsibility of the Commonwealth Parliament to develop a national response and prepare our nation for the challenges that Read More >
“At 10:30am this morning, Australia hit $1 trillion of Commonwealth debt for the first time in our nation’s history, that will only be paid off by higher taxes on our future generations”, Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson said. The AOFM website currently reads $983.7 billion of debt on issue, which was last updated on Friday 14 Read More >
When asked why John Setka had only been suspended for five years, CFMEU Administrator Michael Crosby AM said “Because the rules limit me to a maximum period of five years. That’s as much as I can do.” The Coalition believes the Administrator should not be constrained by a time limit for expelling members or disqualifying Read More >
On behalf of the Coalition and the Federal Opposition, I also warmly welcome His Excellency, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand, his wife, and the entire Thai delegation to our Parliament. It was a great pleasure to meet with His Excellency earlier today, along with members of my team; The Shadow Minister for Read More >
Real wages continue to go backwards under the Albanese Labor Government, with the ABS’ latest Wage Price Index for the June 2026 quarter showing real wages have declined across the life of the government by 1.5%. Real wages have sat below their June 2022 level for every one of the sixteen quarters since Labor took Read More >
Australians are poorer under Labor because Labor’s agenda is all talk and no action. One year on from Jim Chalmers launching another talk-fest in Canberra, Australians living standards have gone backwards more than any other developed country. Australia’s annual productivity under Labor is now worse than it was during the Global Financial Crisis, the early Read More >
Thank you, Speaker. South Vietnam. Phuoc Tuy Province. The 18th of August 1966. D Company, 6th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment – 100 men spread across three platoons. They enter a rubber plantation near the village of Long Tan at 3:00 pm. The Australians find themselves pinned down and outnumbered by a number of well-armed and Read More >
Mr Speaker, there will be no widow’s tax. And not because Labor wanted it gone. But because the Coalition forced Labor to axe it. It has been 98 days since Labor announced its widow tax. For 98 days, the Government has been warned about the harm it would cause and promised to fix it. And Read More >
“The Albanese government is in denial on rent rises after the Treasurer and wannabe-Treasurer both publicly undermined industry warnings their higher taxes would flow to higher prices exactly as their Budget intended”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments follow Jim Chalmers and Andrew Charlton both dismissing National Australia Bank analysis stating that the Read More >