Glenn Lazarus (Queensland, Palmer United Party) Share this | Hansard source

Palmer United is deeply concerned by the selling off of Australia's assets and government services. The Newman government is trying to sell off the assets of Queenslanders in my home state of Queensland and we are seeing the Abbott government eyeing off national assets across Australia. The sell-off of Australia has to stop. Every time one of our assets is sold off, we lose jobs overseas, we lose revenue overseas and we lose control of vital services overseas.

The selling of Australian assets and government services is short-sighted and compromises the long-term interests of Australia. The only way that we can ensure our prosperity as a nation is to ensure that we own Australia. The only way that we can ensure that jobs stay in Australia is to own our own government services and to own our own government assets. I hope the Senate will support Senator Di Natale and I in stopping the sell-off of Australia and protecting Australian jobs. Medicare's key administrative functions should not be privatised.

Question agreed to.