It gives me pleasure to speak to this motion put by the member for Forde. Following the budget, I spent a week out in the community reflecting upon it. I have formed an image where Labor has now absolutely taken control of the economy with this budget. You can’t intervene. You can’t get your fingers…
Restraint is a big word. Until yesterday I didn’t know how big, but after the budget we can put an exact figure on restraint. Apparently you can increase spending by $185 billion in less than 12 months and still call it restraint. Laughable as that sounds, it’s exactly what the Treasurer did when he delivered…
I find myself outnumbered here, but we’ll have a go anyway! I will take up a point from the previous speaker, the member for Adelaide. Groom must be a very different place. We saw tremendous investment in our energy sector across coal, gas and solar. Just outside wind, we’re energy agnostic; we’ll take whatever works,…
It’s a great joy to have the member for Spence back on the rotation. I always make an effort to try and find one point I can agree with the last speaker on. I’m wholeheartedly all-in on the line, ‘It’s not going to get too much better.’ I think that’s very much the situation Australia…
It gives me no pleasure whatsoever to talk about the government’s failure to reduce cost-of-living pressures at this time, I can assure you. It’s right to talk about the impact that mortgage costs going up is having on families, and what it’s like growing up in that situation. Labor certainly does have a mortgage on…
With inflation at a 32-year high and interest rates hurting households across the country, we have the following contribution from the Treasurer in The Monthly: By strengthening our institutions and our capacity, with a focus on the intersection of prosperity and wellbeing, on evidence, on place and community, on collaboration and cooperation. By reimagining and redesigning…
Contrary to what has been raised by those opposite in this motion today, the coalition’s track record on the NBN is a clear win. We inherited a train wreck project from Labor, and, through hard work and very sensible management, we were able to turn it around, so that by the end of our time…
Last Saturday, the Toowoomba business community came together for its night of nights: the Focus HR Business Excellence Awards, organised by the Toowoomba Chamber of Commerce. It’s a fantastic and well-earned celebration of our region’s business community and a chance for business owners and leaders to reflect on their achievements over the last 12 months.…