Tim Wilson (Goldstein, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

They scoff, yet every step of the way they know what they're doing. I don't mind their scoffing, because I am calling them out. It often takes years of people standing up and calling out people's behaviour before everybody realises how big the con and scam they're imposing on the Australian people is. They scoffed and mocked us before the last election, when we made the point that they were pushing older Australians down the financial stairs by taking their refundable franking credits and imposing a retiree tax. They scoffed and mocked and they tried to undermine anybody who would give a platform to lower income Australians who wanted to find their voice, including Australians with a disability who wanted to find their voice, who were going to be pushed down the financial stairs by the Labor Party. They tried to silence and censor anybody who would dare get up and speak out against them. Don't get me wrong—I was elated with their response, because all it did was give more voice, more power and more anger to the movement to make sure they sit on that side of this chamber. And they have not learnt the lessons.

A wave is coming to empower young Australians to be able to own their own home and to take control of their own destiny. I can tell you: on this side of the chamber, we will back it every step of the way, because at the heart of homeownership is the democratic ownership of this nation, at the heart of homeownership is the democratic wealth distribution of this nation, and at the heart of homeownership is the empowerment of citizens, families and communities to live out their lives. Those opposite criticise and condemn me and other members. As always, I say: bring it on. It comes from a fundamental mistruth at the heart of their mad political ideology. At the heart of their mad political ideology is the fact that they want a nation of dependence, not one of empowerment. They want a nation that empowers them, not the Australian people, and I will stand and fight it every step of the way.

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