STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

Mr PASIN (Barker) (13:45): Those opposite have presided over the worst collapse in living standards in the developed world, and I've got to tell you that every galah in the pet shop right now know that we need a change. We need a change brought about by a strong plan, a plan to restore Australia's standards of living and protect our way of life. That plan needs to prioritise a number of things, and I'll start with the first and most important one: we need lower taxes.

We can't continue on this road that is an assault on aspirations for ordinary, everyday Australians. The next thing we need to prioritise is cheaper power, and I give a shout-out to our current Ambassador to the Holy See, the former member for Hinkler. He knew, in his time in this place, how important cheap and affordable reliable electricity was.

We need a migration plan that deals with a situation where we have the numbers that are far too high and standards that are far too low. We have a plan to deal with that. And, finally, we need a plan that prioritises putting Australians first.

One of the most important things we can do is establish a future fund that will start to pay down the trillion dollars of debt that those opposite have put on Australian citizens' credit cards. Like I said, we need a strong plan to restore Australia's standards of living and protect our way of life.