Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Perth wanted the mining tax gone—

Opposition members interjecting—

I am sure somewhere in all that bellowing are sotto voce congratulations for doing what she and other members of her party in Western Australia wanted. This government is fixing all of the messes that it inherited from members opposite. They gave us the carbon tax; this government has got rid of it. They gave us the mining tax; this government has got rid of it. They gave us a whole lot of Green vetoes over important projects; the Green veto has gone, thanks to the Minister the Environment. They gave us 10 years of negotiations and no free trade agreements; we have delivered the free trade agreements. They ruined our relationship with Indonesia; our relationship with Indonesia has been restored. I move:

That all words after "that" be deleted and that the following be inserted:

This Parliament:

(1) supports the efforts of the Government to strengthen the Budget and strengthen the Australian economy by:

(a) fixing the budget through reasonable and timely measures;

(b) abolishing the carbon tax;

(c) abolishing the mining tax;

(d) delivering new free trade agreements with Korea and Japan;

(e) approving $800 billion of new projects through an accelerated approval process; and

(f) ending the age of corporate handouts; and

(2) acknowledge the result that the Government is helping to create more jobs, more infrastructure, more prosperity and more opportunity for everyday Australians.

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