Darren Chester (Gippsland, National Party, Shadow Minister for Regional Education) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

This could be the last sitting day of this parliament. Australians are waiting. They know they have less than 100 days to make history. At some point in the next 100 days, there will be an election, right across our nation. It's a chance to get rid of a bad Labor government in its first term. It's a chance to save regional Australia from a Labor-Greens-teals minority government, which would be devastating for our regional way of life. Australians will be asking themselves just one simple question once this election is called: Am I worse off under Labor? Is my family worse off under the Albanese government? Resoundingly, they are answering yes. Australians know they're worse off because they've seen this government in action. They've seen the waste. They've seen a government which has sought to divide the nation through the ill-advised Voice referendum. They've also seen a government completely distracted by the wrong priorities. On this side of the House, we're on the side of everyday Australians trying to get ahead. We're not on the side of the virtue-signalling elites, which have captured this government throughout this term. The next election is a chance to get Australia back on track with a Dutton-Littleproud coalition government.