Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Ryan, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My New Year's resolutions for 2026 are to get outside and do more Mount Coot-tha bushwalks; fight to make big corporations and billionaires actually pay real tax; eat more of those delicious danishes from Riser bakery, in Toowong; do everything I can to make housing affordable by scrapping tax breaks for property investors and building housing people can actually afford; swim in Enoggera Reservoir at least once a month; hold Labor and the Liberal-National coalition to account for scapegoating migrants for the cost-of-living crisis instead of focusing on the billionaires and the big corporations that are actually responsible; spend more time with my grandkids at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, in Fig Tree Pocket; say no to new coal and gas developments that will devastate our planet, serving coal and gas corporations with massive profits while they pay next to no tax; catch more movies at independent theatres like Eldorado in Indooroopilly; and call out Labor and the Liberal-National coalition for serving big corporate interests over those of everyday Australians.

Good things are possible. We can have housing that's affordable, more quality time to spend with our kids and grandkids, and beautiful nature that's preserved for future generations, but that's only possible if we have a government that actually stands up for everyday Australians instead of big corporations and its billionaire mates.