Alison Penfold (Lyne, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Treasurer, you're running this great country into the ground. You're punishing hard work, penalising aspiration and attacking enterprise—attributes that have made this country great. The Treasurer is coming after small business; ambushing young people at the precipice of getting their foot on the homeownership ladder; raiding the income of hardworking, taxpaying Australians; and backstabbing seniors, through the reduction of the private health insurance rebate.

And for what? What do you get to show for it? For most constituents in Lyne, you'll have to pay to see a GP. You still won't have an urgent care clinic. It will be just as difficult, if not more so, to access aged care. Telecommunications will be worse, with $21.4 million pulled from addressing regional mobile and internet blackspots. Food, fuel, electricity, insurance, rents and mortgages will be higher than ever because he still hasn't got a handle on inflation. Congratulations, Treasurer! You've somehow managed to make life drastically harder for just about every single Australian and still not even touch the sides of the deficit, which is set to breach $1 trillion.

Constituents in Lyne have made it clear, as has Australia: axe these toxic taxes, or risk breaking the back of this country for good.

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