Speeches

  • Wednesday, 02 April 2025

    INTRODUCTION

    Thank you, Tom and thank you Westpac for sponsoring today’s event.

    To colleagues here today – our economic team Jane Hume, Luke Howarth and Dean Smith thank you for everything over the last three years.  To Dave Sharma, Ross Cadell great to have your here.

    I’d also like to acknowledge our ACT colleagues in the room – led by Leann...

  • Thursday, 20 February 2025

    It is a real honour to be invited to deliver this address, after it was delivered so ably by Peter Dutton just a year ago.

     

    I want to expand today on Peter’s address, focusing on the economic challenges facing Australians today.

     

    In particular, I want to speak about the economic priorities of an incoming Liberal Government and the need to apply core Liberal princip...

  • Wednesday, 20 November 2024

    Intro

     

    Thank you Mr Speaker.

     

    I rise to speak on this Ministerial Statement on the economy.

     

    More than two years ago the Treasurer gave a similar statement to the House.  As did I.

     

    Just months after the election, Australians had hope that Labor would deliver on their many promises. For cheaper energy, cheaper...

  • Wednesday, 30 October 2024

    E&OE 

    HANNAH WOOTTON:

    This super for housing policy really seems like it’s going to be a core plank of the upcoming election platform from the Coalition. And it speaks to a lot of issues, there’s house prices, there’s the cost of living crisis. On that front, how do you see this playing into broader questions around housing supply, affordability, I can’t help...

  • Wednesday, 30 October 2024

    E&OE  
     

    [ACKNOWLEDGMENTS] 

    A STRONG RETIREMENT SYSTEM

    It’s a central mission of an incoming Coalition government to put in place policies that will not only restore Australians’ standard of living, which has taken a big hit in the last two and a half years, but to help them to build the wealth they aspire to, to secure the fu...