Wyatt Roy (Longman, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I am proud to be part of a government that is delivering to make life easier for Australians and locals. Members on this side of the House understand that, when you get government out of your life and out of the way, you allow Australians, including locals in my electorate, to reach their full potential. I will tell you how we are doing this. Labor members get very uncomfortable when you start talking about their record in government, but we have repealed Labor's carbon tax, which radically increased electricity prices for locals and businesses across my electorate. We have seen, since we have repealed the carbon tax, the single largest reduction in electricity prices since records were kept. That is something this side of the House is very proud of, something that makes Labor members go very quiet when you mention it.

This week, we are having a bit of spring cleaning and we are delivering on our second red tape repeal day. When we went to the election we said that we would repeal $1 billion worth of red tape every year. The Labor Party introduced 20,000 new regulations while they were in government. I am proud to say that we have actually doubled our commitment at the election: this week we will deliver over $2 billion worth of red tape reductions for businesses across the country but also for people in my electorate, where there are local businesses saving thousands of dollars. When you get government out of the way, when you have smaller government, you allow society to grow, you allow citizens to dream big and you actually give locals in my community that chance. (Time expired)