Leon Rebello (McPherson, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

It's small businesses. That's right, Shadow Treasurer. It is not the government that delivers it. As we know, government doesn't create wealth; businesses do. It's the businesses that create wealth.

I'll end my contribution by saying that we in the coalition support super. We support Australians saving for retirement because we believe in reward for effort. We believe that, if you have contributed to this country, you've worked hard and you've saved effectively, you have every right to enjoy the fruits of your labour. We support workers being paid what they're owed. But something that we on this side of the parliament just cannot stand for is more taxes. We cannot stand for rushed implementation. We cannot stand for a situation where the Australian people cannot trust their politicians and their political leaders because they say one thing before the election and they do something else after the election. We will never support policies that treat superannuation as some sort of revenue grab because we don't have a government that can operate within the true fiscal guardrails that the people it governs expect.

So I say that super belongs to Australians. It's money for your retirement. The coalition will never support it becoming this Labor Party's piggy bank.

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