Elizabeth Watson-Brown (Ryan, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Queenslanders woke to an LNP state government last Sunday—a divisive, out-of-touch, untrustworthy government who are already moving to scrap renewables projects, scrap the Path to Treaty and send more kids to jail.

We have a federal election coming up, and it's clear we can't take anything for granted. Peter Dutton's Liberal-National coalition are up in the polls, and this should be a concern for all of us. Peter Dutton doesn't represent everyday Australians and he doesn't represent the people of Ryan, their values and their hopes. Dutton's agenda is extreme. It's negative, it's divisive and it's out of date. Dutton wants to derail our shift to renewable energy in favour of an expensive, dangerous nuclear fantasy. When Dutton was health minister, he tried to abolish bulk-billing. He cut and froze the Medicare rebate, leading to its eventual collapse. Dutton opposed same-sex marriage, voted to weaken a woman's right to choose and is responsible for refugees being deported back to danger.

During a cost-of-living crisis, Labor's inaction has given more oxygen to Dutton, and it's time to fight back. The only way to stop Dutton's divisive and out-of-date agenda is with a positive plan for reform and a hopeful message about our future, and that's what the Greens will fight for.