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 >
South Vietnam. Phuoc Tuy Province. 17 August 1966. Just before 3:00am, Viet Cong mortar fire rains down on Australian forces stationed at Nui Dat base. Australian counter-battery fire commences within minutes. But a follow-up attack from the enemy doesn’t come. The guns fall silent. Twenty-four Australians have been wounded. At 6:30am, the men of B Read More >
The last Coalition government ensured that GST distribution encouraged States to develop their economies and natural resources. We stand by that approach. We want States to grow the economy first, not start by reaching for the begging bowl. Western Australia isn’t in a strong fiscal position by luck. It dug, drilled and backed its own Read More >
“New ABS data confirms the Albanese government’s Budget has smashed confidence, kneecapped first home buyers, and driven investment and confidence from new homes, leaving young Australians behind”, said Shadow Treasurer, Tim Wilson. Mr Wilson’s comments follow the release of new ABS lending indicators data, which shows the total number of new loan commitments for dwellings Read More >
Average Weekly Earnings data released today confirms that Australians are going backwards, despite Labor’s desperate attempt to claim otherwise. While the headline figure shows average weekly earnings increased by 2.4 per cent over the year, once you account for inflation, Australians have gone backwards. In real terms, the average Australian worker is around $1,200 a Read More >
Deputy Speaker, on the one hand, Labor hands out welfare and house deposits to non-citizens. On the other hand, Labor is cutting the private health insurance rebate for Australians aged 65 and over. What a disgrace. This rebate is an important discount that reduces costs for older Australians. Australians who pay higher premiums because they Read More >
I acknowledge we’re on Ngunnawal land in Canberra and I acknowledge the Ngunnawal elders. We are in debt to the Indigenous custodians just as we are in debt to those who built our country over these past 250 years. Today I want to start by recognising the success of Australia – from a nearly failed Read More >
Mr Speaker. I move — That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately: That this House: Mr Speaker, we’re suspending standing orders today because we want Prime Minister Albanese to do what’s right, to do what is decent, Read More >
“The Reserve Bank’s hand has been forced to keep interest rates high on struggling families and Australian households because the Albanese government can’t kick its spending addiction and active inflation agenda”, said Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson said. “At the last Census in August 2021 the underlying inflation was 2.1 per cent, this Census Day it Read More >
Deputy Speaker, I move – That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the following: Deputy Speaker, yesterday marked 90 days since Labor’s bin fire of a Budget. A Budget full of toxic taxes. Taxes on housing, on savings, on trusts. Taxes on shares, on crypto, on every asset Read More >
Thank you, and good evening. It is a privilege to join COSBOA, its members, partners and advocates at the National Small Business Summit Gala Dinner. I was having a look at the program for this summit earlier, and wow, what a program Skye and the rest of the COSBOA team have put on. And with Read More >