Darren Chester (Gippsland, National Party, Shadow Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) | Hansard source

I'm fine, thank you, Deputy Speaker Claydon. I appreciate the encouragement. Thank you. Why would any of those opposite think they can go back to their constituency at the next election and say: 'Trust the Prime Minister. He's a man of his word. His word is his bond.' You have fundamentally broken the trust of the Australian people. Those opposite have fundamentally broken the trust of the Australian people and they know it. They are waiting out there for every one of you with baseball bats, and they can't wait to have the opportunity to let you know what they think of this prime minister and his broken promises. Why can't this prime minister just do the honest thing with the Australian people and take his proposed changes to the next election, like every other prime minister in history has done?

I'm going to finish where I started, because it's now obvious to every Australian that this prime minister never had any intention of keeping that promise, and it's because he leads a spineless, jellyfish caucus that doesn't have the guts to tell the truth to the Australian people. They do not have the guts to tell the truth to the Australian people before an election and stand on their record and try and get elected. They think Australians will forget about those broken promises and toxic taxes. But they are wrong, because on this side of the House we'll continue to stand up for the rights of small business owners, we'll back our farmers and we'll support aspiration among young people and Australian families. Only a coalition will deliver the policies that will improve our standard of living and restore our way of life, because Australia is worth fighting for.

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