STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

Mr LITTLEPROUD (Maranoa) (13:45): It's been just over six weeks since this government handed down a budget which could only be described as being as popular as the pox. In a time of a cost-of-living crisis, when Australians were looking for hope and they were looking for honesty, all they got was more taxes. Australians deserve better from a government that's out of touch in understanding the pain that's being felt out there.

They were looking for honesty from a government. Instead they got more tax. What a coalition government will do is make three main commitments to the Australian people.

We will give you a tax cut every year by pegging inflation to every one of those tax brackets so that inflation doesn't eat away at your wage and you pay more tax. We're going to scrap the negative gearing. We're going to scrap capital gains and these other taxes on trusts that take away aspiration and inspiration to go out and have a go.

That's what our country was built on, and that's what this government ripped away six weeks ago. We're also going to tackle migration. We're going to make sure we have an immigration policy that works for this country.

We've had one that's had too many and to not a high enough standard. We should choose who comes to this country, the skills they have and where we want them to live, because we're giving the greatest gift we can give to any person on this planet. We're going to fix the energy grid.

We're not going to let net zero determine what our energy grid should be. It'll be the most affordable energy because energy is the economy. If you don't fix the fundamentals, give the economy what it needs and give people the hope and the honesty, our country will continue to go backwards.