Tyron Whitten (WA, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

Sorry, Acting Deputy President. I withdraw. Labor promised a $275 cut to power. Instead, families are paying $1,500 more per year. People are switching off heaters and appliances just to stay afloat.

This is the same government that claimed it would boost productivity and resilience, but we're now facing the largest drop in disposable income in the developed world. Wages are flat, inflation is biting and everyday essentials—food, fuel and electricity—keep climbing. Australians are having to choose between rent, groceries, school costs and mortgage payments.

This is the same government that promised to help more Australians own their own homes. We're in a rent crisis. Rents are soaring, repayments are blowing out, and homeownership is slipping out of reach for young Australians. Some families are even being pushed onto the streets, not through bad choices but because the government has failed to act and failed them.

This is the same government that has presided over 12 interest rate rises while having the tools to ease pressure. They pointed fingers instead until rates fell slightly, and then they took the credit. That's not leadership; that's spin.

This is the same government that promised a renewables-only policy. Not only has that driven up electricity prices; it's putting our environment and farmland at risk, all in the name of saving it. Australians deserve leadership that delivers not just headlines.