Angie Bell (Moncrieff, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I tell the Australian people that, if they vote once for Labor, they will pay for it for the next 10 years. That is fact. At the federal election that we're facing in May, they'll pay for it for longer. I want to ask Australians not to be fooled by those opposite. Don't be fooled by their bluff, their huff and puff, their flip-flop from one side to the other. They don't have the experience required to make the incredibly difficult decisions that our Prime Minister and cabinet make every single day for the good of our nation.

I'm going to outline some of those thousands of decisions that I'm talking about that our cabinet and our Prime Minister are making for both sides of the political divide, for all Australians, not to appease one group over another—thousands of decisions every day. We've delivered a AAA credit rating for Australia, for our nation. Can a member from the other side tell me another nation that's done that? We've had $30 billion in tax cuts and unemployment at record lows of 4.2 per cent, heading towards something with a three in front of it. When did the Labor Party last see that number? When was it? It was so long ago I can't remember it, and I'm heading towards 53.

There are 1.7 million more jobs. Youth unemployment is at less than 10 per cent—the lowest since 2008. One million more women are in jobs. These are the key performance indicators that I'm asking Australians to judge our government and our Prime Minister on. I'm asking Australians not to get distracted by the personal attacks on our Prime Minister's character that we've seen this week. There are 220,000 trade apprentices in training. We have affordable, reliable electricity. We have lower emissions. Those opposite, let's remember, rely on the Greens to form government. (Time expired)

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