Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor has slammed the Soviet style politics of the Australian Labor Party, saying the new Coalition Government has the right plan for jobs for Australia’s future.

In a strong speech to Federal Parliament today, Mr Taylor stressed that the Coalition Government would achieve a million jobs in the next five years by supporting the private sector, not by growing the public sector.

“This is not a socialist economy - in contrast to what many from the other side of the house might believe. Businesses create jobs, not governments,” Mr Taylor said.

“Many people are asking what sectors are going to provide these jobs. Well the good news is that we laid out that direction before the last election. But we recognised that these jobs would come from building on our strengths, not propping up our weaknesses.

“We know that jobs creation will come from fostering fast growing markets to our north, in agriculture, in mining, in manufacturing innovation, in education and tourism.

“We see enormous potential in our traditional strengths of mining, agriculture and energy. There is much discussion about the potential to continue to grow our export markets for food, fibre, minerals and gas, particularly as we release the pressure on the dollar from profligate government spending, that we saw from the last government.

“Unfortunately the policies of the last government did enormous damage to these sectors. Whether it was the mining tax, the shutdown of the live exports trade or the impact of the carbon tax, they were simply hostile to our traditional strengths.

“Deputy Speaker, only our macroeconomic and microeconomic settings will ensure that this job creation happens and that it translates into new jobs in electorates like mine,” Mr Taylor said.