Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

Last week's RBA decision confirmed what Australian families already know: there is no light at the end of the tunnel under Labor. It's too hard to buy a home, it's too hard to start a business, it's too hard to start a family and it is too hard to access basic services. The cost of everything is going up and up. This is a great country, but for too many Australians it doesn't feel like it. The basic promise—that if you work hard and you do the right thing, you'll get ahead—seems broken. Our economy has hit a speed limit, and it's painfully slow.

Our Liberal priority must be to protect our way of life and restore our standard of living that has been trashed under Labor; that's our mission, because both are under assault under Labor. Everyday Australians are making hard choices because this government, this Prime Minister, has failed to make those choices.

Labor is failing Australians, and Australians deserve better. We need less government, less spending, less taxes, less regulation and less regulators. Australians need change, and Australia is worth fighting for.

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