Angie Bell (Moncrieff, Liberal National Party, Shadow Minister for Youth) Share this | Hansard source

This government was elected on a very clear promise: no changes to capital gains tax, no changes to negative gearing. The Prime Minister didn't say it once; he said it more than 50 times. But now—'We've changed our position. We've changed our minds.' This is yet another grievous broken promise, and it's one among many. If the Prime Minister can break this promise, which he repeated more than 50 times before an election, why would Australians trust a single thing he says after it?

You've got no cred, Prime Minister; you can't lie straight in bed, Prime Minister. So what's next, we all must ask; tax our homes—take that to task. On their utes in the driveways, tradies will pay; tax the kids' piggy banks away. Ask yourselves, Australians, which promise will be conveniently reinterpreted next? Which goalposts will be shifted? Because with this government every promise comes with an expiry date, a 'what if', a question mark, a maybe.

Aussies are still waiting for that broken promise of $275 off their power bills, Prime Minister. Before the election he says one thing; after the election he does another. Look at what Labor do, not at what they say. Because when Labor run out of money they come after yours.

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