Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): Australians should absolutely have confidence that our government will deliver the policies we implement and that those policies will work for the future on meeting the commitments Australia makes, because that's what we've done. That's what we've done time and time again. When we said we would achieve Australia's emissions reduction targets and here were the policy profiles that would do so whilst abolishing Labor's carbon tax, we got on. We implemented those policies and we've achieved those targets, and we have exceeded those targets. And that's what we're going to continue to do. That's why Australians should have faith. They can look at our track record. In fact, they should have the faith that our side of politics will achieve that without the types of policies those opposite have been known to embrace that drive up costs of electricity, that drive up costs for Australian businesses, that hurt Australian families, that risk Australian jobs. That's what Australians should fear in terms of the policies of those opposite, because they've shown a track record with those sorts of policies. We've shown a track record of being able to lower emissions, lower power prices but increase the strength of the Australian economy. (Time expired)