On behalf of the Coalition, I am deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic death of nine-year-old Australian girl Hania Ahmed in Pakistan.
The loss of a child is every family's worst nightmare. Our thoughts and prayers are with Hania's family, who are recovering in hospital, and with her loved ones during this devastating time.
Labor’s two-day inquiry into their toxic taxes started today. It is a sham.
These are toxic taxes on housing, small business, savings and aspiration.
These toxic taxes deserve an axe.
I’m proud of my background. And it doesn’t surprise me one bit that Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers want to punish people for getting ahead.
I believe that if you work hard, you should be able to get ahead and pass those opportunities on to your children.
That’s the Australia I want to see.
The harder you work, the harder it is to get ahead. This is life under Anthony Albanese.
We have a plan to restore our standard of living and protect our way of life.
Lower taxes. More homes. Cheaper energy. Migration linked to housing supply. Putting Australians first.
To read Richard Scolyer’s “final farewell” letter is to recognise that our nation has lost a truly great and gracious Australian.
In that goodbye, Professor Scolyer said that “cancer does not define us.” Yet Professor Scolyer’s more than three decades of work has defined cancer research and treatment – inroads that ultimately will help humanity defeat this dreadful disease.
Professor Scolyer will be remembered for his breakthroughs in melanoma treatment, including immunotherapy, and being the first patient to receive brain cancer treatment based on what he helped develop. Among his many achievements was his nurturing of young doctors and researchers who will carry on his work.
If Professor Scolyer was driven by a responsibility to try and “change the future for others and leave the world a better place”, he did just that. He was brave, bold and challenged the status quo. He was an Australian of the Year, yet Australians will honour him for all the years to come.
Our heartfelt thoughts are with Richard’s wife Katie, his children Emily, Matthew and Lucy, his wider family, his colleagues in medicine, and all those whose lives he changed for the better.
May Richard Scolyer rest in peace.
I congratulate Lincoln Folo on his appointment as the new Federal Director of the Liberal Party of Australia. Lincoln believes in our values and is an experienced campaigner. I look forward to working with him as we continue the task of building a fairer, freer and better Australia.
We are putting forward changes to Labor’s Toxic Taxes Bill.
1. We oppose Labor’s toxic taxes on savings, housing, farmers and small business.
2. We support personal income tax relief, but Labor should not be packaging tax cuts with new toxic taxes.
3. We will force a vote on our Tax Back Guarantee, delivering bigger and better tax cuts for Australians, year after year.
The Albanese Government now has a simple choice: back bigger and better personal income tax cuts or back in its broken promises and toxic taxes.
Congratulations to Tony Abbott on his election as Federal President of the Liberal Party. As a former Prime Minister and one of our most successful Opposition Leaders, Tony’s experience and stewardship gives our party the strongest opportunity to rebuild, renew and fight this terrible Labor Government.