Tim Wilson
Goldstein · Liberal Party · Australia
“Now, we see even more immoral leadership as the Prime Minister and his ministers refuse to audit whether federal money has found its way into the hands of organised crime through the CFMEU Labor cartel.”
“The silence that we heard from our prime minister and our national leaders every step of the way led to horrific incidents like, on 10 November, the protests at the front of Central Shule in Caulfield South in the Goldstein electorate. It led eventually to the most horrific terrorist incident on our most famous national beach.”
“The idea that you would put the social solidarity of the most marginalised section of our community on a ballot paper knowing it would fail is an abrogation of leadership and responsibility and something I do not think this prime minister will ever be able to shake.”
“I've recently been spending a lot of time thinking about what moral government is and what type of government seeks to divide citizens, feed corruption and break trust within the community. The short and sharp of it is that it's an immoral government.”
“But to engage in citizenship stacking, where they deliberately went around and targeted electorates and got people to become Australian citizens on the eve of a national poll, is absolutely disgraceful.”
“There is hope. We can have a moral government again that's focused on uniting Australians and building trust and taking Australia forward together. But the only way we can do that is by seeing a change of government and the end of the Albanese government.”
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“I think we need to officially adopt, as part of this parliamentary procedure, chuckle as the collective noun for multi-employer bargaining agreements, because it is turning into a joke. Under this government, the focus of industrial relations laws is on how to boost the interests of union bosses at the expense of workers. There is nothing to chuckle about.”
“According to the Australian Financial Review : The Australian Financial Review can reveal that almost all the air-conditioning manufacturers that signed up to the first multi-employer agreement are now seeking to exit the deal in the face of opposition from a rival union. … … … After bargaining for 12 months for one agreement for critical site supervisors in NSW, the Collieries' Staff and Officials Association last week opted instead to pursue single agreements … … … … During the five bargaining meetings held since last year neither side could reach consensus on any potential terms. The other part is that the mining sector has said that multi-employer agreements are 'unworkable'. The collective noun for clowns is a chuckle.”
“They outlawed a pathway to increase wages for retail workers, because it would have undermined the power of the unions and increased the power of wages for workers. These are the disgraceful priorities of this government. They are focused more on what they need to do to boost union bosses' pay at the expense of workers. We're seeing this now. Another report, just today in the Australian Financial Review , said: Labor's multi-employer bargaining regime has received a dual setback, with the collapse of the mining industry's first negotiations— This was the big crow out of their first jobs-and-skills summit. Remember that? We had a tax hike talkfest recently. They had the Jobs and Skills Summit at the end of 2022, and their first big outcome from that was the multi-employer bargaining regime.”
“It suggests that this government's policy is trickle-up economics towards union officials at the expense of workers' wages. It suggests to me very clearly that we have a problem where the government's focus is not on what it needs to do to boost the interests of Australian workers but rather, of course, on their political patrons. We're seeing this in other areas of the legislative agenda of this government. Just look at what they've done with penalty rates. We literally had an industry association apply to increase the base rate of wages in the retail sector by 35 per cent, but Labor wasn't going to have that, because, if they had that, what would it have done? It would have cut out the union interest in the decision-making power of wages and penalty rates. So what did they do?”
“It's the pathway where they get their first foot on the ladder of economic opportunity and, of course, the pathway they go on to get their next job as part of their pathway to success in life. It's because this government is focused more on what they need to do to feed the outcomes for union bosses rather than improving workers' wages. We saw this very explicitly in an article in the Daily Telegraph today that did an analysis looking at what has been happening with union bosses' wages over the last five years. It shows that CFMEU officials' wages have gone up by 26 per cent. Meanwhile, construction workers' wages in the same time have gone down by around five per cent. That is not something to boast about, Member for Moore.”
“That is not something to be proud of, and it shows how much work needs to be done to boost wages in this country, because around this nation right now so many Australians feel like, no matter how hard they work, they aren't getting ahead. No matter what this government does and no matter how much they crow about their achievements, we aren't seeing that materialise or improve in people lived conditions. You just need to look at what's happening with small business. We have record small business insolvencies, which is a tragedy not just because of the impact it has on the owners but also because small business is the gateway for so many young Australians to get their first job.”
“Deputy Speaker Wilkie, you would be familiar with this analogy: in 2003, on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln , George Bush stepped out in front of a banner that said 'mission accomplished'. That is what it felt like listening to the member for Moore giving his erudite speech right then. I'm afraid the right to disconnect wasn't the right of the government to disconnect from economic reality, but that is what we just heard. We heard boastfully about the direction of wages under this government, but, unfortunately, there is a brutal reality. If you actually adjust for inflation, real wages in Australia haven't gone up for the past 15 years, including under this government. In fact, we have consistently trailed the OECD average.”
“When they delay appointments, whether because of out-of-pocket costs or because they have barriers around time commitments or capacity to access services, it places a bigger long-term health consequence on them that can have longer-term consequences. Making sure that dignity is at the centre of all healthcare policy is incredibly important, and women shouldn't be left behind on this important journey where we are making sure that health care serves everybody. Investment is not just about fairness in healthcare; it's about making sure people can live out their full dignity and their full participation in society, in the economy and, of course, in their family. Today is an opportunity to take stock, but also to be part of the solution.”
“This year, the theme of 2025 Women's Health Week is, 'Say yes to you', and that's why it's important to make sure you prioritise your health in this important week. It's not about being selfish; it's actually about doing the right thing by yourself, so you can be there not just for yourself but for your loved ones, for your family, for your friends and for the other people in your care network. It's so important to make sure that you are your best self and able to contribute the most to those in your broader network. The reality is that too many people wait too long to get the support and assistance they need.”
“She is 28 years old and still very much in youth, the prime of her life, yet she is already being forced to consider surgical removal of an ovary, not solely for medical reasons but because the financial cost of ongoing care is becoming unsustainable for her. This, of course, is not something anybody would wish for any woman, let alone somebody so young, at such a tender age in their lives. We always look forward to the future with hope, and we hope that she does as well because, as difficult as her challenges are—we are not seeking in any way to diminish them—there must always be hope about your healthcare journey and making sure you can live out the best of your life. We wish her all the best on her journey.”
“She lives with both endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome and faces debilitating pain, extensive medical appointments, financial strain from allied health costs and telehealth fees, and the excruciating prospect of considering surgical intervention due to a lack of accessible and affordable care. She wrote to the Goldstein office about the devastating reality of these chronic conditions; the relentless pain and fatigue; and the need to constantly juggle multiple medical appointments, often during business hours, forcing her to choose between her health and her income. Despite the promises of making sure that there would be full access to healthcare services, that isn't always something that's actually being delivered to people in the community and being realised.”
“We know that in Australia approximately one in seven women are diagnosed with endometriosis by the age of 44 to 49, and around 8.8 per cent are diagnosed by the age of 26 to 31. It affects around five to 13 per cent of reproductive age women, depending on their diagnostic criteria. Diagnosis often takes six to eight years, with sufferers encountering dismissive care and enduring emotional and physical strain. This is not something that is unique to any section of the community. In the Goldstein electorate, the 52 per cent of female residents have a median age of around 43 years. A Goldstein constituent who wants to remain anonymous contacted the Goldstein office recently to share her specific experience.”
“It celebrates the 2025 theme, 'Say yes to you', which encourages women to prioritise their health, to speak up and to access the care that they desperately need—values that align with the government's commitment around equity, dignity and universal health care, which is shared across the political aisle because we all want to see the best health outcomes for Australians. Making sure that we can access health services that Australians need is incredibly important for making sure that our citizens live out the best of their lives, as is making sure that people get support over the full length of their life cycle. Chronic conditions like endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome have a deep impact on people's daily lives and work and their capacity to live a quality of life and personal relationships.”
“Thank you for the opportunity to speak on this important motion on Women's Health Week. It is a good opportunity to speak about the importance of women's health, obviously affecting a large section of the population, and the importance of bringing it to national importance as part of this parliament's work. Women's health is central to the longevity and full quality of life that we need to make sure the citizens of our community have. Women's Health Week, held annually in the first week of September as a national campaign led by Jean Hailes for women's health, is promoting health awareness, education and empowerment for women, girls and gender-diverse people across Australia.”
“Bayside, Glen Eira and Kingston residents should have decent infrastructure. After Labor ripped $100 million out of our community, we are still living with the consequences. The Brighton Beach Oval Pavilion on South Road has been waiting years for an upgrade. It doesn't have facilities for women's footy or cricket. Before the election we committed $2 million to bring the ovals into the 21st century so they could have modern facilities, including change rooms for women's football and cricket at clubs like Old Brighton Grammarians Football Club and Brighton Cricket Club. Bayside is ready. If the federal government helped, it would mean women got the facilities they needed and wouldn't be left behind. Take action and sign the petition at timwilsonmp.com.au.”
“They were elected on a platform of explicit trust and integrity in politics, so it is fair to hold them to account on this standard. So, when the member for Warringah was elected on the basis of climate action and reducing fossil fuel subsidies but then voted for $2 billion of new coal and gas subsidies, it was a direct betrayal of their commitment to integrity in public office. They have tried to sweep it under the carpet, hoping no-one would notice. When one teal MP was asked why they broke this trust, they first said it was 'misinformation' before begging forgiveness, saying that they would have had strips torn off them rightly if they voted against it. If you get elected on a platform of climate action and then you vote for $2 billion in new coal and gas subsidies, I'm sorry but you have no integrity.”
“Earlier this year we committed $3 million to build the facilities that the Highett community needs for the 21st century so it could have modern facilities for the Highett West Cricket Club, the Hampton Hammers Football Netball Club and the East Sandringham Junior Football Club. Bayside is ready; if the federal government helped, it would mean Highett would get the facilities it needs and wouldn't be left behind. Take action and sign the petition at timwilsonmp.com.au. I note some MPs are questioning Australia's commitment to net zero. As you will know, I have a long-term interest in this important area and know delivering long-term emissions reduction depends on trust. Nothing will corrode that trust more than price increases and outages, which takes us to the teals.”
“This funding will provide essential services and enable digital literacy services for older and new Australians and those seeking to re-enter the workforce. Don't be known for empty promises and leaving vulnerable Australians behind. I seek leave to table copies of the letters sent to the minister and the Treasurer and the social media post by the Labor Party announcing the funding commitment during the election. Leave not granted. Bayside, Glen Eira and Kingston residents should have decent infrastructure. Labor ripped $100 million from our community, and we are still living with the consequences. The Peterson Street Reserve sports ground in Highett has been waiting years for an upgrade. It doesn't have modern facilities, particularly for women's sport. At the 2022 and 2025 elections, we committed funding.”
“Every community needs essential services to help residents live successful lives. The Glen Eira Adult Learning Centre, or GEALC, supports the education needs of many older and new Australians in relation to digital exclusion, adult education and workforce readiness, particularly those re-entering the workforce. Prior to the election, the Labor Party made a commitment to fund GEALC with $60,000 to support the expansion of digital literacy programs and the upgrading of learning spaces at GEALC's Glen Eira campus. A few weeks ago, I wrote to the minister and the Treasurer asking for the funding commitment to GEALC to be honoured. Labor won the election, so it is now time for the government to fund GEALC so Philippa and her wonderful team can get on with the job. Minister and Treasurer, it is time to deliver on your promise.”
“When we have a situation where we have a minister gaslighting the Goldstein community and who will issue Medicare licences for MRIs but then won't even provide an MRI machine, where they actively fuel organised crime and where they actively engage in interfering with and undermining the provision of healthcare services that desperately need integrity, you do have to start to question what this government's priorities are. You realise those priorities are itself, not the Australian people.”
“Whether that's in construction, the NDIA or the services and healthcare sector—it doesn't seem to matter where their priorities or focus are—Australians are at the bottom of the pile. It's our job to make sure that we hold this government to account and make sure that Australians have a voice and are stood up for. What's dispiriting is that there's such a dismissal and disinterest from the government when the consequences are so human.”
“But when a practitioner is telling us stories about how they spend more time filling out paperwork than in providing care, how they spend more time complying with the NDIA's regulation than in paediatric support for people with a disability, how they spend more time finding out how to keep their practice open than in getting to people with disadvantage—you start to think that maybe this government's priorities are more focused on how to build the bureaucracy rather than on how to build the benefit to Australians. It shouldn't surprise you. If you read the Daily Telegraph today, you'll see that union bosses' wages are increasing by 25 percent while construction workers' pay is going down by five per cent and you'll start to realise that this is just one giant cartel. It's trickle-up economics. It feeds the few at the expense of the many.”
“The most devastating thing—we've seen this with the NDIS providers and in other areas like healthcare services and social services—is that at no point has there been a focus by the government on a really critical part of service delivery: reducing red tape. We're not saying 'red tape' because we want to just get rid of regulation. We're talking about the needless burden that takes practitioners out of their core focus and effort of things like caring and supporting children. They're putting that energy into filling out paperwork. Of course there's a role for filling out certain components of forms for compliance—I'm not arguing against that—and we need to make sure that people are doing the right thing.”
“Of course, in addition to that, it's had a direct impact on those who are most marginalised. This is one of the biggest problems. You have people outside of urban communities or affluent communities. The further away you get, the more you cut travel times or reduce access to service providers. It's the people in the lower socioeconomic communities or the people who are further away, in rural and regional areas, who suffer. I think you would understand a bit of that, Deputy Speaker Chesters, considering the nature of your electorate. In the end, the impact is downstream and is greater because of the failure of early intervention, which pushes up costs in the long term which then drives up the cost to tertiary hospitals.”
“Simone Emery, Lauren Gingold and Tarryn Dee—raised concerns specifically around NDIS pricing arrangements and, particularly, the three-weeks notice they were given for pricing adjustments in the lead-up to the 2025-26 financial year. We spoke about the adjustment of the measures that the government introduced as part of their pricing review and the human consequences of what happened when it went down the pathway of so-called integrity measures. What was the impact? They were reducing the volume of sessions they were having with clients. They were reducing their travel times and the amount of time they were prepared to directly engage in supporting people in need. There's been a decrease in the personalisation of the service, particularly for people who have acute conditions or who need additional support.”
“We have a government that talk integrity but do not practise it in terms of operations—the people who are paying are small-business people on the ground in the Goldstein community—and they do it under the veneer of their boastfulness in talking about the government programs, but not in terms of what their building to improve the future of Australia. And Australians are suffering for it. Speaking of integrity, we're also seeing this in areas like the National Disability Insurance Scheme; it's not just in areas around health. To give you a parallel—to show how large the problem around integrity and this government is now and to show how much people are struggling—we had a roundtable bringing together service providers in the health care and NDIS space. The attendees—Fiona White, Dr Shona Bischof, Stephanie Williams.”
“Of course, we're seeing that in terms of the impact it's now having on small businesses. You might as well have government ministers handing firebombs to criminal gangs and organised crime to destroy people's lives and livelihoods. That's how much the government are stoking the behaviour through different forms of taxation, which actively increase the premiums. Organised gangs then have an incentive to go and engage in criminal activity, and it's having a direct impact on small businesses across this nation. This is the problem.”
“Vaping has been a known problem for a long time now, but, because they have simply wanted to have a close their eyes and ears attitude towards discussing practical regulation, what they have done is let the criminals dictate the terms and regulation that sit behind vaping. You see this every day, at the moment. We've seen what's been happening in tobacco legislation, regulation and taxation, this obviously in the portfolio of small business, and has a direct impact of the health and wellbeing of the community. Over summer I read a book about the prohibition movement in the United States in the early part of the 20th century. It's extraordinary how many times this government continues to repeat the errors of that period when it comes to tobacco regulation. It actively fuels criminal gangs and criminal behaviour through its policies.”
“There are MRI licences where there is no MRI machine and a loss of women's health services and delivery in the Goldstein community. While we talk about this legislation, we've just heard from the member from Sturt about what's been happening in the context of vaping. One of the reasons that this country has a big problem with vaping right now is that this government has failed to do any proper regulation around vaping during its tenure and has actively shut down any pathway, including being practical participants in vaping regulation during the time when they weren't in government.”
“The Royal Women's Hospital is of course an enormously important hospital, which had fundraising help from and was partly founded by Vida Goldstein, the woman whom Goldstein electorate is named after. As part of their maternity services, they built a partnership to make sure that maternity services were available to women in the south-east of Melbourne, through the Sandringham Hospital. That partnership ended only a couple of years ago, during the period in which I was not a member. I am not going to pass judgement. In the end, it's up to Sandringham Hospital, Alfred Health, the Royal Women's Hospital, and Monash Health to decide the pathway to best deliver maternity services. But what I see consistently is the talk of integrity and the reality of delivering integrity being completely discordant.”
“I have a simple and baseline expectation: since the minister for health has granted Sandringham Hospital an MRI licence, perhaps, as part of a system of integrity, the health minister could grant us an MRI machine so we could actually use it! If not, the expression 'gaslighting', which I seem to be using an awful lot when talking about at this government at the moment, justifiably comes to mind, because what we're seeing now is how our health system in the Goldstein community is being taken for a complete ride. We've not just seen it on this issue. When I was on the board of Alfred Health, over a decade ago, we came to an agreement between Alfred Health group and the Royal Women's Hospital.”
“There's just one problem: Sandringham Hospital still doesn't have an MRI machine. The Albanese government, for some very obscure reason, issued MRI licences to three hospitals in Australia. Two were at hospitals that had MRI machines and one—which curiously happened to be in one electorate where they desperately wanted to make sure that the incumbent teal member of parliament was returned—didn't have an MRI machine. But it enabled that member of parliament to go around deceiving the community by claiming they had secured an MRI Medicare-funded licence, even though the hospital didn't have an MRI machine. Have you ever seen the episode of Y es Minister , Deputy Speaker, about the idea of a hospital being built without any patients. It's kind of like having a hospital that has an MRI licence but no MRI machine.”
“It was the first Medicare-funded licence for an MRI machine in the Goldstein electorate. I remember, when we secured it, many residents asked me the simple question of why it was secured for Cabrini Brighton rather than the local public hospital, Sandringham Hospital, part of the Alfred Health group. The answer was quite straightforward. It was that Sandringham Hospital didn't have an MRI machine. There is no point getting in an MRI licence funded by Medicare if you don't have an MRI machine to use it. Funnily enough, it shocked me slightly at the start of 2025 when it was brought to my attention that Sandringham Hospital had, as part of the Alfred Health group, been granted an MRI licence. Don't get me wrong, I welcome an MRI licence. I think it is an enormously wonderful thing where there is an MRI machine.”
“We do not want to see this at a national level through primary care services, but we know that, because the Albanese government can't contain or manage its budget spending, more and more Australians are looking directly at their credit card or wallet every time they go to the GP, just to be able to get by. They're told by their government that their Medicare card is all they need, but their lived reality is that they need extra co-payments just to get the support they need, despite what they voted for at the ballot box. But it's more than that. More and more, we're seeing cons perpetrated against Australians, despite the claims of integrity being part of the health system. In 2017, when I was last a member in this chamber, we got an MRI Medicare licence for Cabrini Brighton.”
“Last week we were in this chamber talking about access to all sorts of essential medicines to manage comorbidities and chronic conditions at later stages of life, but it's also important to make sure that people have access to the essential medical services they need and integrity in the health system. That is why the state of health services in the great state of Victoria is such a challenge at the moment. We have a state government completely incapable of managing its budget; as a consequence, the decay and decline of health services through tertiary hospitals is a lived reality every single day.”
“I welcome the opportunity to offer a contribution on this legislation, because making sure we have access to affordable and viable health care is key to the sustainability of the country and to getting the maximum benefit from the human capital of our nation. It's also of critical importance to the Goldstein community. It has always been something I've taken a deep interest in, having a comparatively older population in the Goldstein community. Access to healthcare services has been of critical importance for people in getting the support and services they need at different stages of care.”
“There is one other matter that I want to raise, and I'm saying this with generosity. During the 90-second section before question time, I asked to table some documents. They include an ANU study that focused on the homophobia directed towards politicians—which, by the way, included homophobia directed towards people like Senator Wong. I asked for leave, with generosity, to table that study as well as other documents, and I'm again asking politely to table those documents. I seek leave to table the documents. Leave granted. Thank you.”
“My hope is that they will actually do something great for this country, because the Australian people need them to do something great for this country. Instead, what they're doing is creating future subprime problems in our mortgage market. They are making it harder for future generations to be able to go and buy their own home. They're taking money that younger generations desperately need for savings, to put towards their deposit for their first home, and putting it into savings accounts, while the evidence increasingly shows that people have too much money in their super but do not have enough for their savings for their first home. Their priorities are wrong, because every bit of their decision-making is focused on how they can empower themselves and control Australians, not empower Australians.”
“This stuff matters because we are all going to live with the consequences into the future. Now is the time for the adults to stand up and take responsibility, but instead what we have, and we just saw it in question time only a few moments ago—the Prime Minister, every time he was confronted with a difficult question, deflected and either said things were above politics or tried to run interference for his ministers who couldn't answer questions. That's what's so disappointing. Whatever I think of the current prime minister or of his government, there is a simple reality: he has been given a very large majority and entrusted by the Australian people with an opportunity to do something significant. And, at the moment, they are not meeting that trust.”
“We've had the Treasurer out there saying: 'The problem's over; we've reached the peak. It's all over.' The data is increasingly showing that's not the case, and in fact, because they haven't addressed the root cause of the problems that are now confronting the economy, they are going to compound. We have a problem of centralised wage fixing, and that is going to make it harder to get economic growth. Because of that, it's going to be harder for Australians to get jobs. When you have centralised wage fixing, when you have the problem of low productivity, that only leads to one thing, which is higher inflation, higher interest rates and higher unemployment. That is a disaster for Australia today and it is a disaster for Australia into the future, and for future generations.”
“But, in addition, they can't figure out and they're not prepared to invest in the reform this country desperately needs to build out the future economic growth that it desperately needs right now. It is hard; I am not going to try and pretend otherwise. But people elect governments to take responsibility, to stand up to the moment and to choose to be part of building Australia's future—and they are not stepping up to the occasion. Their only solution is to try and spend their way out of their present problems and indebt future generations in the process. It's even worse than that, because the legacy of where we are now is only likely to compound. While we've had this government engaging in victory laps every step of the way to date, it has not ended the problems of inflation.”
“It is so important for the next generation of Australians that this parliament understands the importance of fiscal prudence, because, when it comes down to it, when governments borrow from the future what they do is not just prime the economy today but indebt future generations. They then increase taxes on future generations. But they then add on inflation today. When you see an uptick in inflation, as people are seeing right now—and we saw that in the data this week—that is because this government is spending too much money. State and federal governments simply can't contain themselves, and, when they do that, you pay the price today, you pay the price tomorrow, your children pay the price, and your children and your grandchildren will continue to pay the price into future—all because they can't manage money today.”
“To highlight this, not only do I have the evidence but I also received this message from a constituent on Instagram on 29 April: 'On Tuesday this week I had what I thought was a civilised, respectful and refreshing debate with two Zoe Daniel doorknockers. They told me they supported her because of her policies and her acceptance of the LGBT community, but they also said repeatedly that you were anti-gay, -trans and -LGBT rights, and it made my blood boil that they would resort to such low lies.' You are probably getting an insight into the comments that were being made. Sunlight is, of course, not the best friend of those who claim to be guardians of integrity. I seek leave to table the article from the ANU study and the Instagram message. Leave not granted.”
“I still remember the words: 'We've seen through the whispering campaign the teals ran against you.' They were uttered to me at North Brighton station. Regrettably, I was not surprised. To give the House a flavour: ANU researchers published a study into homophobia targeted at politicians who 'were unfairly accused and ridiculed'. This indicated a single point of commonality: their sexuality. Liberal MP Tim Wilson … received over 2000 tweets … Many were overtly homophobic … I won't repeat the unparliamentary terms used. I have good cause to make this claim. We have photos of campaigners actively propagating what the Australian National University researchers called homophobic slurs.”
“So long as there is breath in my body, the vision and the dream of homeownership in Australia must be fought for because it goes to the heart of who we are. It goes to the heart of our vision for the country. It goes to the heart of what we want for the future and the ambition of this great nation.”
“That vision, the Labor vision, is to feed those people closest to positions of central power and make them first in line at the trough. That is the problem with the Labor vision for this country. It is about themselves and their own success at the expense of the Australian people. The only objective of the Labor vision is how to fill the trough up for themselves as fast as possible, sacrificing the future and the opportunities of the Australian people along the way. They don't care whether you own your own home in the process, because your house is their political weapon for their ends. We will stand here and fight every step of the way for the Australian people to empower the Australian people—whatever it takes.”
“We don't want young Australians living a life of dependence and thinking that the only way they can get ahead is through either their blood line or their proximity to power. That is a central part of the control mechanism that the Labor Party has always wanted. They love a system where it's based on proximity to power and whether you pay your tithe to the union—and, of course, whether that union is then in a position to tax their take along the way—because, when they do that, they set up a cartel arrangement where they're able to get the maximum benefit for themselves and those closest to positions of power. We utterly reject that proposition because it is not a system that is focused on empowering the Australian people. It has only one vision, then, when you achieve that.”
“We do not want to decide your destiny. We want you to have choices about how you live your life and to be fully empowered to make choices about your family and your future. That is the key difference. When Australians are going about living their best lives and living how they see fit, they are living and breathing, every single day, the full manifestation of the Liberal vision of this country. That is why the housing debate is so important. It is the catalysing moment in so many Australians' lives about how they can have prosperity, security and, of course, the opportunity of living out their best Liberal life. This is an important debate because we absolutely want homeownership to be central to the foundations of this country. We don't want the Labor vision of control for this country.”
“That's why, no matter how many people they have in this parliament, we will never surrender and we will never back down, because at the heart of the Liberal vision is the success of the Australian people. This is one of the big dividing lines of Australian politics. People in school groups and everywhere else across this country ask, 'What is the difference between the political parties these days?' The differences are manifest, but, more than anything else, the Australian Labor Party celebrates the success of this country through Labor's success. The Liberal Party celebrates the success of Australia through the success of the Australian people, and that is the difference. Our success is lived through 26 million people, every day, waking up and living out the success in their own lives. We do not want to decide your future.”
“We want to keep their taxes low so they can then be in the best position to save and get ahead so they can form a family and go on and buy their own home. We believe in homeownership because we believe it is the foundation of future economic success and security. From that, one day they will be in a position to be able to do things like form a small business and be independent and empowered all the way through to their retirement. They will be in a position to choose their own destiny. There is a clear choice between the Labor vision of control and the Liberal vision of empowerment. This is why it is so important we stand in this parliament, despite the protestations of the Labor government—they always want to find a new mechanism and a new lever to control the Australian people.”