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

I want to pick the Leader of the Opposition up on one part of his question—it is the first two years, not the last two years, that we are talking about. This is a government which every day since 7 September 2013 has had a plan to be open for business. At the heart of our plan is lower taxes, more infrastructure and freer trade. That is our plan—lower taxes, more infrastructure and freer trade—and we have delivered. The carbon tax—gone. The mining tax—gone. Bill Shorten's piggy bank tax—gone. Labor's bank deposit tax—not going ahead. This is a government which in the marrow of its bones, in our very DNA, is committed to lower taxes, and we have delivered.

The Pacific Highway, the Bruce Highway, WestConnex, the North-South Corridor, the Perth Freight Link—all of these great infrastructure projects for our country are happening thanks to this government. Where it really counts, we are setting up this country not just for years but for decades to come, with free trade agreements. Members opposite talked; this government has delivered. Not only did members opposite fail to land a free trade agreement with Korea and fail to land a free trade agreement with Japan; now they want to sabotage the free trade agreement with China.

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