STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

Mr HASTIE (Canning) (13:55): This prime minister thought he could wage a war on aspiration. He thought he could hit us with toxic new taxes and no-one would notice. Labor thought that families, small businesses, farmers and entrepreneurs, the forgotten people of Australia, would simply absorb another hit to their standard of living.

Well, they won't—and we won't. We're going to stand in the way of this sneaky tax grab. We're going to fight these toxic taxes all the way to the next election.

Our commitment to the Australian people is to axe these toxic taxes and build a stronger Australia. The coalition pledges a tax-back guarantee that protects Australians from inflation by giving them an automatic tax cut that gets bigger every year. We pledge to get migration under control and to build more homes.

We will cap migration based on the number of houses built every year and invest $5 billion into roads, utilities and sewerage to get housing construction moving again. We pledge to abandon net zero and bring on cheap and reliable Aussie power. We pledge a sovereign wealth fund, where windfall profits from commodities like gas will be set aside for nation-building projects that benefit all Australians.

We pledge to boost small business, allowing them to immediately write-off assets costing up to $50,000. We pledge to put Australians first by reserving welfare payments and NDIS for Australian citizens. We will build a stronger, more secure and prosperous Australia.