Phillip Thompson (Herbert, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Defence) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

One hundred and thirty days of inaction. One hundred and thirty days of blame. One hundred and thirty days of the people of Townsville still waiting for the Assistant Treasurer to explain what he's doing with the reinsurance pool. The last time the Assistant Treasurer came to Townsville, he stood there with the Labor mayor and said how bad everything was, the doom and gloom. He did not tell the truth to the people of Townsville. He did not tell the people of Townsville that they would be getting an average of 28 per cent savings on their home premiums. Insurance is the number one issue in the north, but we've seen inaction from this lazy Assistant Treasurer. Just 28 per cent savings on home premiums, and what does the Assistant Treasurer do? He calls a meeting, everyone from North Queensland shows up, and it gets shown that he hasn't been telling the truth. He came up to fear and smear.

This is a good policy that the now government—the Labor Party—voted with us on. But instead of the minister explaining this policy and what he's going to be doing, we've seen inaction—nothing to see here! Another lazy minister who for 130 days has been doing nothing. The people of Townsville deserve to have affordable insurance. The people of Townsville deserve a minister to stand up and support them.