The Opposition Leader outlined four pieces of legislation the Coalition wants to introduce on the first sitting day of a new parliament. The legislation is aimed at three key focus areas for the Coalition, to reign in inflationary spending, to reduce cost of energy, and to strengthen the economy “so that it works for you”.
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00:00Soon you'll have a say in determining the future of our great country. We live literally
00:05in the best country in the world and we're the beneficiaries of what our forebears have
00:10built and defended. We love this country because it has forged us into a remarkable people.
00:16We're compassionate, we're stoic, we're fair and we're quietly patriotic. We cherish
00:22this country because it affords opportunities like no other. But only, and I stress this
00:27point, if we're governed well. When Australia is governed badly, dreams and ambitions become
00:34beyond reach. And that's what's happened during the last three years of the Albanese government.
00:40In my travels across the country, Australians tell me that they're working hard but they're
00:46not getting ahead. In Perth, a mum in a grocery store, in tears, told me how her, her husband
00:54and children couldn't keep their heads above water with the bill stacking up. In Adelaide,
00:59I spoke with a food manufacturer whose electricity prices had gone up by about 300%. In Victoria,
01:06I spoke with a supermarket employee, a woman in her 60s, who had a machete held against
01:12her throat during a robbery. In Brisbane, I listened to a young couple in their 30s
01:17who have moved back in with their parents because they simply can't buy a home, even
01:22though both of them are working overtime. Now, such stories have now become commonplace
01:28across our country. Stories of rent and mortgage stress. Stories of power, shopping and insurance
01:35bills going through the roof. Stories of home ownership being out of reach for so many.
01:41And stories of it being increasingly difficult to see and to afford a GP. And stories of
01:47crime on our streets. For so many Australians, aspiration has turned to anxiety. Optimism
01:54to pessimism and national confidence to national uncertainty. The truth is Australians can't
02:01afford three more years of the Albanese government. Now, every election is important, but this
02:07election does matter more than others in recent history. It is a sliding doors moment for
02:13our nation. A returned Albanese government in any form won't just be another three bleak
02:19years. More economic mistakes will take a lot longer to recover from. Setbacks will
02:24be set in stone and our prosperity will be damaged for decades to come. But you have
02:31the power to change the path our country is on. You have the ability to reverse decline.
02:38And you have the opportunity to get our country back on track. You can do that by voting for
02:44your Liberal or Nationals candidates so that a new Dutton coalition government can be elected.
02:50And at this election, the choice could not be clearer. Tonight, I'll outline the choice
02:56Australians face at this election and our plan to fix Labor's mess. We have a positive
03:02plan to deliver. A stronger economy with lower inflation, cheaper energy, affordable
03:08homes, quality health care and safer communities. A plan to help you and your families. A plan
03:16to bring about a stronger, safer and better Australia. A plan to usher in more confident,
03:23resilient and self-reliant people right across the country. And we need to accept that we
03:31live in a more dangerous and disruptive world. And to these ends tonight, I'll announce new
03:37policies that a coalition government would implement. Tonight, I commit a coalition government
03:44to the following. We will introduce four critical pieces of legislation on the first sitting
03:50day in the next parliament. One, the Energy Price Reduction Bill. Two, the Lower Immigration
03:56and More Homes for Australians Bill. The Keep Australians Safe Bill. And the Guaranteed
04:01Funding for Health, Education and Essential Services Bill. This is my signal to the Australian
04:08people of what my priorities will be in government. In his fourth budget, like the previous three,
04:15the Treasurer again painted a rosy picture of the economy. But Australians aren't silly.
04:21Your bills tell the true story of Labor's cost of living crisis. And here's the facts
04:25of the Albanese government's economic record. Rents are up by 18 per cent. Housing is up
04:32by 14 per cent. Grocery is up by a staggering 30 per cent. Electricity is up by 32 per cent.
04:39And insurance is up for many households and businesses by 35 per cent. Australians have
04:46experienced the longest household recession and the worst collapse in living standards
04:51in our country's history. Under Labor, interest rates have gone up 12 times, but only been
04:59cut once. And they've stayed higher for longer compared to other comparable nations.
05:06This budget makes clear that Labor was only able to deliver two surpluses, piggybacking
05:11off the former coalition government's strong economic management, as well as record commodity
05:17price windfalls. And now the outlook is one of deficits as far as the eye can see.
05:24For three years, Labor peddled the lie that they inherited a trillion dollars of debt.
05:29Yet in the budget papers that we saw on Tuesday night, they confirmed that the Labor Party will
05:36burden Australia with a trillion dollars of debt as of next year. Tuesday's budget was one for the
05:43next five weeks, not one for the next five years. It was a shameless election voting exercise,
05:48not a plan for our country's future. It was about saving Prime Minister Albanese,
05:54not about you, and certainly not about safeguarding our nation.
05:59Jim Chalmers' so-called tax cut top-up is simply a tax cut cop-out. It's a cruel hoax.
06:06Labor will spend $17 billion of taxpayers' money to give you back $0.70 a day in 15 months' time,
06:16and yet a family with a typical mortgage under this government is $50,000 worse off.
06:23I think it's insulting, to be honest. We oppose these tax cuts and will repeal them,
06:28because we think there's a better way to provide assistance to Australians.
06:32We will provide immediate cost-of-living relief for Australians. A coalition government
06:40will halve the fuel excise for 12 months, and then we'll review it. We'll make sure that that
06:46comes in on the first day that our parliament sits. For a household with one car filling up
06:52once a week, that's a savings of about $14 a week, or around $700 over the year. For a household with
06:59two cars filling up once a week, that's a savings of $28 a week, or around $1,500 over 12 months.
07:06Compare that to $0.70 a day in 15 months' time. Working with industry will ensure that heavy
07:14vehicle road users also benefit from this measure, and we'll make sure the ACCC will
07:19ensure that the fuel excise cut will be passed on in full to consumers. The policy will cost $6
07:25billion. Amidst Labor's cost-of-living pressures, charities are experiencing increased demand,
07:33including from Australians who never previously relied on that support.
07:38To scale up assistance and provide immediate relief, we will commit $50 million for food
07:44charities like Foodbank, Second Bite and OzHarvest to expand their services and to include school
07:50breakfast programs. They approached the government with this plan, and it was rejected in this
07:55budget. Of course, to get out of Labor's economic mess and to tackle Labor's cost-of-living crisis,
08:02we need hard decisions and a proper plan. The coalition government will do three things.
08:07First, we will rein in inflationary spending. We will reduce the cost of energy. And third,
08:13we will strengthen the economy so that it works for you. I just want to address each of those
08:18aspects in turn. Over three years, the Albanese government has increased spending as a share of
08:25the economy more than any government since the recession of the 1990s. It has lifted spending
08:32by an extraordinary $425 billion. That is about $40,000 per Australian household.
08:40Much of this spending has not gone to essential services or generated economic activity. Rather,
08:45it has been inflationary, ineffectual and wasteful. Such rapid and unrestrained spending is
08:52not only adding to the debt that our children will have to repay, but it is also keeping the
08:57pressure on inflation. During a cost-of-living crisis, that is the last thing you want.
09:04The Reserve Bank governor has independently pointed out this great failing in this bad government.
09:10The core inflation under this government has averaged more than double what it was
09:15under the coalition. Personal income taxes paid have also increased by about 24 per cent under
09:21Labor. The average taxpayer is now paying $3,500 more tax this year alone, or for a dual-income
09:29household, $7,000. That is a big hit. I want Australian families to be making choices about
09:37what they will eat, not choices about whether they can eat or heat, which is the prospect facing
09:44many people, particularly pensioners and those on low incomes, in our country right now.
09:51I want to make sure that we can fight the cost-of-living pressures, because we need to
09:55get interest rates down. To get interest rates down, we need, of course, to get inflation down.
10:02To get inflation down, we need to address its underlying causes,
10:05and that is just something the government has not done. We want to stop wasteful government
10:09spending. Tonight I announced that a coalition government will rein in key inflationary,
10:14ineffectual and imprudent spending, which has been a hallmark of this government.
10:20We will end the reckless $20 billion rewiring the Nation Fund. We will stop the $10 billion
10:25Housing Australia Future Fund, which has not built a single additional home. We will scrap Labor's
10:33$14 billion of production tax credits for green hydrogen, because it is not going to work. We will
10:41reverse Labor's increase of 41,000 Canberra public servants, because it will save about
10:47$7 billion a year. That is money that we can provide back to the Australian people
10:53in front-line services. The growth rate of public servants under this government in Canberra is
10:59three times the rate it was under the Rudd-Gillard government.
11:04But I make this guarantee to the Australian people tonight. In line with our national interest,
11:09we will continue to invest in essential services and critical areas of the economy,
11:14like health and aged care, veteran support, the NDIS, Indigenous affairs, child care and defence.
11:21We will not cut front-line service delivery rolls. We will ensure that the services Australians rely
11:27on are sustainable. Under Labor, you will be guaranteed a number of things, but one thing I am
11:35sure of is more reckless and wasteful spending, which will cause interest rates and inflation to
11:40stay higher for longer. That means you will pay more for everything—more for food, more for rents,
11:46more for your mortgage, more for power and more for insurance. You will continue to pay more tax
11:53too. But under the coalition, we will fight cost-of-living pressures at their source.
11:58At the very centre of Labor's cost-of-living crisis is, of course, the skyrocketing cost of
12:04energy, and that is due to Anthony Albanese and Chris Bowen's reckless, renewable-only policy
12:11train wreck. As every Australian knows, energy is the economy. Australians are paying some of
12:17the highest power prices in the world—indeed, up to three times more than comparable economies.
12:24The Albanese government has broken its core election promise when it comes to energy.
12:29Your electricity bill has not gone down by $275, as Labor promised on 97 occasions.
12:37The Prime Minister and the Treasurer refused even to mention that word,
12:40even though they looked you in the eye and said that they would bring your power prices down
12:45by $275 each year. As Australians can attest, they are now paying more than $1,300
12:54than what Labor promised in their energy bills.
12:59I think the point to make is that it is not just homeowners and renters who are paying
13:04higher power bills. It is farmers, business owners, cafe owners and manufacturers too.
13:10Across the economy, it is costing more to grow food, produce goods, store the food and goods
13:18and certainly to deliver services. Those costs are just passed on to Australian consumers,
13:23which is why Australians are feeling the crunch at the moment. I want Australians to be putting
13:29items in their shopping trolley, not putting them back onto supermarket shelves. I want
13:36businesses to be able to hire more staff, not to be putting more money aside to pay ever-increasing
13:42power bills. Gas is the key in our country, as it is around the developed world, to manufacturing,
13:50to making electricity and to keeping the lights on. But the Albanese government has stalled
13:55projects from getting off the ground and created a national gas emergency due to insufficient supply.
14:02We now know that in our country, Victoria is about to spend money building an import terminal
14:08to import gas into Victoria. Under Labor gas, prices have gone up for households
14:17and businesses by 34 per cent and 43 per cent respectively. The coalition understands what
14:24Labor will not. You cannot run a full-time and functioning economy using part-time and
14:30unreliable power. Under Labor, the energy crisis and therefore your pain will continue.
14:37Bills will keep going up because the cost of putting out 28,000 kilometres of new transmission
14:43lines will just be passed on to Australians. Our energy grid will become more unstable,
14:49with a greater reliance sometimes on power, which equals blackouts and brownouts.
14:55And you can expect a lot of energy rationing in Australia under an Albanese government re-elected.
15:02Under the coalition, energy will become affordable and reliable again, where we use a mix of
15:07technologies, which include always-on power, to firm up the renewable sometimes-on power.
15:14The only way to drive down power prices quickly is to ramp up domestic gas production.
15:19And tonight I announce our national gas plan. This plan will prioritise domestic gas supply,
15:25address shortfalls and reduce energy prices for Australians.
15:29This is all about ensuring Australian gas is for Australians.
15:34We will immediately introduce an east coast gas reservation.
15:38This will require a proportion between 50 to 100 petajoules of spot cargo exports to be
15:44delivered to the domestic market. This will secure an additional 10 to 20 per cent of the
15:50east coast demand—gas which would otherwise be exported for use in other markets by consumers
15:56in those countries. But our gas needs to be, first and foremost, for our people.
16:02Gas sold on the domestic market will be decoupled from overseas markets
16:06to protect Australia from international price shocks. And this will drive down
16:11new wholesale domestic gas prices from around $14 per gigajoule to under $10 per gigajoule.
16:18And this is just the start. We will immediately audit
16:22development-ready projects with a focus on the southern states.
16:25We will fast-track a decision on Western Australia's northwest shelf project.
16:31The government has delayed a decision on that project conveniently until 31 May,
16:37which happens to be after the election. So good luck in WA.
16:41We will halve approval times. We will defund the activist-led Environmental Defenders Office,
16:48which has been disgraced and which has obstructed projects.
16:51We will accelerate new investment into gas projects by reinstating a $300 million
16:57strategic basin plan and include gas in the capacity investment scheme.
17:02We will invest $1 billion into a critical gas infrastructure fund
17:09and increase gas pipeline and storage capacity.
17:13We will put in place use-it-or-lose-it stipulations for gas drilling companies
17:17so offshore gas fields are not locked up for years.
17:21And we will ensure that we have a fit-for-purpose gas trigger to safeguard supply.
17:27This plan will lower wholesale gas prices, which will flow across the economy.
17:36Our national gas plan is expected to push prices down for new gas
17:41sales to below $10 per gigajoule, compared to the $14 in the market today.
17:46Energy prices will always be lower under a coalition government.
17:51A coalition government will also secure our nation's energy security
17:55for decades to come and over the longer term.
17:59We will join the other 19 top economies in the world in adopting proven zero-emissions nuclear
18:07power. This is one of the most visionary and necessary policies put forward in our country's
18:13history. It was supported by Bob Hawke, and it is supported by John Howard and other leaders
18:19of our nation. And it will underpin our energy security for the next century.
18:24Our plan has been independently costed, at 44 per cent cheaper than Labor's plan.
18:30Labor has never been able to dispute that outcome.
18:33What it means is that there is a savings of $263 billion for Australians.
18:40If a plan is cheaper, electricity prices will be cheaper, as fewer costs are passed on to
18:46consumers. Nuclear power's high yield of energy and small footprint means that there is no need
18:51to carpet our national parks, prime agricultural land and coastlines with industrial-scale
18:57renewables. The coalition has the only energy policy which protects our environment and
19:03safeguards the livelihoods of regional Australia. The exorbitant cost of energy is one reason
19:11why a record 29,000 small businesses have gone insolvent under Labor.
19:17It is one reason why there has been a threefold increase
19:20in the number of manufacturers who have closed under Mr Albanese's watch.
19:25But another reason is Labor's excessive regulation and interference in the economy.
19:30Sectors critical for our economy, like mining, manufacturing, forestry, fishing and agriculture,
19:36have been crippled by Labor's weaponisation of environment, industry, IR and cultural
19:41heritage laws. We are seeing industries simply pack up and go offshore, and international
19:47partners withdraw investment from our country. For all of Anthony Albanese's talk of a future
19:53made in Australia, the opposite is actually the fact. Less is being made in Australia
19:58under this government's watch, and more is being made abroad.
20:02The last three years are a lesson. No government can subsidise the economy to success. Under
20:08Labor, we will continue to see a hollowing out of our economy. Industries and businesses will
20:14continue to collapse in record numbers or simply move operations offshore, which means we lose
20:20those jobs. Under the coalition, we will build a stronger economy, not only by getting power
20:26prices down but also by ripping up as much red and green tape as possible. Tonight, I commit
20:32to removing regulatory burdens where we can, where there is duplication across local, state
20:37and federal government during a first-term coalition government. My intention is to make
20:43Australia a mining, agricultural, construction and manufacturing powerhouse once again.
20:50The revenue generated from these revived sectors will create more money to build new infrastructure,
20:55to fund health and education and, importantly, to equip our defence forces. In addition to backing
21:02our natural strengths, we will encourage new areas of the economy, like artificial intelligence,
21:08like automation, like cybersecurity in space, bio and nanotechnologies. AUKUS too has the
21:15potential to foster a new arm of our economy and transform our civil industrial base.
21:22We will spend taxpayers' money wisely in a manner which has an economic multiplying effect,
21:28a way in which it generates productivity and can attract new investment. That is better for you,
21:33for your family, and it will create jobs for your children and grandchildren.
21:38We will curtail union militancy in workplaces. We will revert to a simple definition of a casual
21:45worker—the corrupt and disgraced CFMEU, which has donated $11 million to the Labor Party,
21:52that in turn has seen the Labor Party turn a blind eye to them and their illegal conduct.
21:57It will be deregistered, and the construction industry watchdog will be restored so that we
22:03can have safety again on big building sites. New anti-racketeering laws will be legislated,
22:10and a dedicated Australian Federal Police-led taskforce will tackle the criminal elements
22:15in our building sector that are ripping off Australians and undermining productivity.
22:19Prime Minister, I would never tolerate seeing a member of a union, or any person for that matter,
22:25kicking a woman on camera and not even commenting in relation to it. It was a disgrace,
22:31and it was a disgrace that this government allowed it to happen, and it is a common
22:35practice from the CFMEU. Reviving growth also means having the back of small business,
22:43including tax relief. We have tax relief coming for small business. We will increase the instant
22:49asset write-off from $1,000 under this government to $30,000, and we are going to make that
22:57arrangement ongoing. We will provide a deduction of up to $20,000 per year for small businesses
23:04for business-related meal expenses, which is also a much-needed shot in the arm for struggling cafes,
23:11restaurants and pubs. If your kids or grandkids work in a local cafe or in a local pub or club,
23:18this will see them get more hours and have more secure employment. It will allow a local
23:23real estate agency or a builder to take staff to a local cafe to celebrate a big sales event
23:29or simply to say thank you to their hard-working employees. It creates jobs and supports the
23:35struggling hospitality sector. I want small businesses to be taking calculated risks,
23:42not shutting up shop. Reviving growth and preparing our economy for the future
23:48also means supporting skills development. Tonight I announce that a coalition government
23:54will set a target of 400,000 apprentices and trainees in training across Australia.
24:00Our plan is to restore targeted and proven incentive payments for employers to hire and
24:06train an apprentice. We will provide small and medium businesses with $12,000
24:12to support them to put on a new apprentice or trainee in critical skills areas for the first
24:18two years of their training. It will have a particular focus in the building and construction
24:24sector. Addressing Labor's cost-of-living crisis and energy crisis is just the start.
24:31In its first two years, the government brought in a million people through the migration program.
24:37That is 70 per cent more migrants than in any two-year period in Australia's history.
24:43Of course there will be consequences. Yet, after three years in power, the Albanese government
24:48has not delivered a single additional new home built under its failed housing policies.
24:53Australians are generous and welcoming people, but they want migration to be sustainable
24:59and the government to be in control of it. Labor is neither in control of migration
25:05nor has it kept migration at sustainable levels, and Australians know it. I do not
25:10want young Australians locked out of the property market or having to rely on the
25:13bank of mum and dad. I want to see fewer Australians homeless and more Australians in homes.
25:22Under Labor, migration will continue to put pressure on housing,
25:25infrastructure and services. Under the coalition, we will cut the migration intake
25:30to free up housing and restore the great Australian dream of home ownership.
25:35We will cut the permanent migration program by 25 per cent. We will ban foreign investors and
25:40temporary residents from purchasing existing Australian homes for a period of two years.
25:46We will set stricter caps on foreign students to relieve stress
25:49on rental markets. We will invest $5 billion in essential infrastructure to get stalled
25:56housing projects up and going. It is going to create 500,000 new homes. We will allow
26:03for first-home buyers to access up to $50,000 of their super for a home deposit, because it is
26:08better to get into a home sooner. When a government does not have any achievements to speak about,
26:15which is the reality for this government, it resorts to smears and scare campaigns.
26:22There is no greater sign of the Albanese government's desperation
26:26than its many-scare campaign, Labor's third attempt in less than a decade.
26:32But while Labor peddles falsehoods, we will remind Australians of the facts.
26:36On this government's watch, bulk billing nationally has fallen by 11 per cent.
26:40There are 41 million fewer bulk billing episodes with GP services under this government,
26:48and more than 270 GP practices have closed under this government's watch.
26:55Australians should never have to choose between seeing a doctor or paying their bills.
27:00Under Labor, Australians will have ongoing pressures on the health system,
27:04but under the coalition we will deliver quality health care. We will invest $9.4 billion into
27:09health. That includes incentivising junior doctors, as I announced last year, to work as GPs
27:16to address the current shortages at your local clinic. We will boost Medicare bulk billing.
27:22We will invest in hospitals, especially in high-population growth areas,
27:27where there is the biggest strain on services. We will guarantee cheaper medicines and lower
27:32the pharmaceutical benefits scheme copayment to $25. We will invest $500 million into women's
27:39health. We will double the subsidised mental health sessions from 10 to 20 and make this
27:47arrangement permanent. Many young Australians require access to mental health services
27:52in any given year. Tonight I announced that a coalition government will invest an additional
27:58$400 million into youth mental health services. We will expand the remit of the National Centre
28:03for Excellence in Youth Mental Health, which I created in 2014, into a national institute.
28:10We will boost regional services and expand treatment to Australia at the forefront of
28:16youth mental health treatment in the world. We will continue to support the world-leading
28:21Medical Research Future Fund, which I established as the then Health Minister.
28:26There is now more than $20 billion in that fund, and it is providing support to our specialists
28:33all around the country—to scientists, to researchers, to labs, all of them working
28:39on incredible projects—and that funding will continue to provide them with support
28:44and Australians with hope. In my travels across the country,
28:49Australians tell me they have never been more worried about crime and division in our community.
28:54It started with the Prime Minister's voice referendum, which sought to divide our country
28:59by ancestry and race. He then left a vacuum of leadership following the crime wave in Alice
29:04Springs and the anti-Semitism on the steps of the Sydney Opera House. All too often,
29:10the Prime Minister is too weak, too late and too equivocal. This government has released 300
29:16hardcore criminals from immigration detention into the community, with more than a third having
29:22reoffended against Australian citizens. It granted tourist visas to 3,000 people
29:28from a terrorist-controlled war zone, conducted without security checks that should have been
29:34put in place. It has failed to deter people-smugglers trying to reach our shores by
29:39illegal boats. It has turned a blind eye when our military personnel have been in danger,
29:45and it did not stand up for our country when Chinese communist warships entered our waters
29:50without notice. It relied on Virgin Australia pilots to alert us to the Chinese navy's
29:57live-fire exercise off our coast. Australia should be a country where people live without fear
30:08and without worrying about the future. Under Labor, you will get the same weakness of
30:13leadership that has compounded crime and emboldened anti-Semitism on our streets.
30:17You will get a nation that is less safe and less secure. But under the coalition,
30:22we will provide the moral and political leadership needed to restore law, order and justice.
30:29We will establish a dedicated anti-Semitism taskforce to turn the tide of this scourge
30:33of hatred. Every Australian should be equally treated. We will work with states and territories
30:40to develop national uniform knife laws. We will toughen bail laws to stop domestic violence
30:46offenders. We will again stop the boats, just as we did in 2013, and we will again deport
30:53dangerous non-citizen criminals, just as I did as Home Affairs Minister in cancelling 6,300 visas
31:01of murderers of sex offenders and drug traffickers—something this government has not
31:05continued. We will again invest in defence to play our part as a credible partner to deter
31:11aggression and to maintain peace. We have already committed $3 billion of additional funding to
31:17reinstate the fourth squadron of the F-35 joint strike fighters cancelled by Labor. Our plan is
31:24to energise our domestic defence industry and to retool the ADF with asymmetric capabilities
31:31to deter a larger adversary. During the election campaign, we will announce
31:36our significant funding commitment to defence, a commitment which, unlike Labor's, will be
31:42commensurate with the challenges of our times. The Prime Minister of our country and the Deputy
31:46Prime Minister, the Minister for Defence, tells Australians regularly that we live in the most
31:51precarious period, the most dangerous period, since the end of the Second World War. What
31:56leader of a country says that and then doesn't do anything about it? We will nurture pride and
32:03unity in our country. We will provide support to the Australian Defence Force to keep us safe today
32:09and into generations ahead, at a time when we most need it. That starts, of course,
32:16by making sure that we don't fail young Australians. I think this is an incredibly important
32:22point. A coalition government will restore a curriculum that teaches the core fundamentals
32:27in our classrooms, a curriculum that cultivates critical thinking, responsible citizenship
32:32and common sense. This election is as much about leadership as it is about policy,
32:39and the choice is clear at the next election. I will be a strong leader with a steady hand.
32:46I will make the tough decisions, not shirk them. I will put the national interests first.
32:50I will lead with conviction, not walk both sides of the street, and I have real-life experience
32:55to demonstrate it. As a veteran of the police force who dedicated nine years to protecting
33:00Australians, especially women and children, a small business owner who started and successfully
33:05ran businesses, someone who came from a working-class background and knows the value of
33:11hard work and the aspiration that drives Australians, a parent, along with my wife,
33:15Kiralee, who understands the family is the most important unit in our society.
33:21I want to give a shout-out to Kiralee tonight, who has just had surgery on her wrist and is at
33:26home watching with Rebecca, Harry and Tom, unless maths clashes with this broadcast.
33:34I have been an assistant Treasurer in our country. I have been a former Minister for Health. I have
33:40been a Minister for Immigration, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Defence,
33:44which was an enormous honour. I lead a united and incredibly capable team.
33:50We are ready to govern. We are ready to deliver. A stronger economy with lower inflation,
33:55cheaper energy, affordable homes, quality healthcare and safer communities. We will
34:01govern with respect for the views, values and vision of everyday Australians.
34:06Australians are worse off under the Albanese government and Australians cannot afford three
34:11more years of this bad Labor government. I say to Australians tonight at this election,
34:16you can make the right choice—a better choice for you, a better choice for your family and a
34:22better choice for your country. Together, let's build a stronger, safer and better Australia,
34:28and let's together get our country back on track.