Industrial unrest has surged under Labor, with ABS data showing working days lost to industrial action have more than tripled since the March 2025 quarter, soaring 242 per cent. The figures show that nearly five times as many workers were involved in disputes compared to this time last year – an increase of more than Read More >
Estimates exposes shambolic Albanese Budget The shambolic Albanese Government Budget continued to unravel in the second week of Senate Estimates hearings with Ministers and officials unable to explain basic details or give adequate reasons for decisions that have angered the nation. The key Economics committee heard alarming and often contradictory evidence from what the Albanese Read More >
We warmly welcome the Party’s decision to select Lincoln Folo as the new Federal Director of the Liberal Party of Australia. Lincoln is a highly respected and capable leader who brings extensive experience, sound judgment, and is a strident supporter of our values. His appointment comes at an important time, and we are confident he Read More >
The Liberal Party of Australia’s Federal Executive has today resolved to appoint Mr Lincoln Folo as the next Federal Director of the Liberal Party of Australia. Australia is drifting backwards and our party is under challenge. Hence the need to rebuild trust with the Australian people, with a strong federal secretariat working intimately with the Read More >
Deputy Speaker, today, the Albanese Labor Government voted 11 times against lower income taxes for Australians. Labor stands condemned. The Prime Minister promised there would be no changes to negative gearing, no changes to capital gains tax. He ruled out changes in his own words, “For the 50th time.” No Australian can trust another word Read More >
“Labor voted 11 times against lower taxes, including our bigger, automatic income tax cuts, but instead circled the wagons to protect the extra $212 billion in automatic inflation tax increases and his $43.1 billion in new taxes, according to his own government’s numbers”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments follow the passage of Read More >
“Today’s National Accounts show the Albanese government’s economic policy is crashing the Australian economy, and Australians standards of living are declining”, said Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments come in the wake of the ABS’ National Accounts figures released today showing: “The Albanese government’s policy is acting like a wrecking ball through the economy Read More >
Thank you, Mr Speaker. The Prime Minister and this Government have no mandate to raise taxes. Did they take these tax increases, these toxic taxes, to the last election? No, they didn’t. Of course he didn’t because the Prime Minister didn’t have the guts, Mr Speaker. He did not have the guts. He knew millions Read More >
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 lies, broken promises and failures exposed From the unravelling of a Budget built on lies and broken promises to their failed economic policies and wasteful spending, the Albanese Government’s ever mounting failures were exposed by the Coalition in Senate Estimates hearings this week. There were also alarming revelations about the ISIS bride’s cohort, disturbing 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 >