Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister will continue to do what we've done as a government over the last five years, and that is to make decisions to put the Australian economy on a stronger foundation and trajectory for the future, to create more jobs and indeed to get the budget back into surplus as soon as possible while bringing electricity prices down by making sure that we've got reliable energy supplies into the future. We know that Labor governments around Australia in the past, most famously the Labor government in South Australia, have failed to keep the lights on in their state jurisdictions. We know that Labor governments in the past, having promised, 'There will be no carbon tax under a government I lead,' have then turned around to push up electricity prices in a way that hurt the economy, put jobs at risk and hurt the opportunity for families around Australia to get ahead. Under our government, you will get a continuation of stronger growth, more jobs, a stronger and improving budget position, lower electricity prices and more reliable energy supplies. That will be the choice before the Australian people at the next election. (Time expired)