Tim Wilson (Goldstein, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Political parties are very similar to consumer brands when you think about it. They might seem interchangeable, but each brings a very different product to our democracy. Let us take the example of breakfast cereals. Labor are Coco Pops. You might add milk so they become 'a chocolate milkshake, only crunchy', but it does not reduce the amount of sugar that you consume. The legacy is that eventually your insulin capacity maxes out and 'debtabetes' sets in. That is when voters rightly give them the flick and look for healthier alternatives. The Greens like to think that that is them—a healthy bowl of organic muesli and a dollop of almond milk. That is seemingly good, but only the uber rich can afford it. Meanwhile, their policies of forcing up electricity prices harm the poor. One Nation are Froot Loops. They are colourful, and many have been tempted by Toucan Sam's enticing sales pitch, but in the end we know their colour does not quite come naturally.

That is where the Liberal-National coalition sets in. We are Sultana Bran. It is consumed for the health of the nation because we clear out the system and make things regular again. Given enough time, we can recure Labor's 'debtabetes'. We know that hardworking families need to be able to afford their cereal and sometimes even deliver a healthy sultana surplus. The point is that the benefit of Sultana Bran is that it is everyone's logical second choice, but Sultana Bran and Froot Loops should never be mixed.