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

Australians don't need spin. We need honesty. And right now the reality is the economy is weak. Fuel supplies aren't guaranteed, and Australian families are hurting. Households are being squeezed from every direction. Grocery bills are climbing, energy prices are biting, and now uncertainty around fuel supply is adding yet another layer of pressure. For families already struggling to make ends meet, this isn't abstract economics. It's real. It's daily stress. And where is the government? They're missing in action—MIA. Instead of getting ahead of these challenges, they've been reactive, slow and out of touch. At a time when Australians need confidence and certainty, we're getting confusion and excuses. There's no clear plan to strengthen fuel security, no serious effort to bring down costs and no urgency to address the economic fragility that's becoming impossible to ignore. A strong economy doesn't happen by accident; it requires leadership, discipline and foresight, qualities that are severely lacking under this Albanese Labor government. Australians deserve better than this. They deserve a government that understands the pressure they're under, takes responsibility and acts decisively to secure our energy future, restore economic strength and ease the cost-of-living burden. Right now the message from households across the country is loud and clear: Aussies are hurting, and they're not being heard by this woeful Labor Albanese government.