James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Here we go. The chitty-chat squad have started. They said they would reduce Australians' power bills by $275. The Labor leader promised to do that 97 times during the campaign. The Labor leader got up and said, 'We will cut Australian power bills by $275.' He didn't have a little footnote and speak in a little soft voice and say, 'It will be by 2025, and it will depend on what Penny Wong tells me and if I cross my fingers and brush my hair a certain way.' He promised the Australian people 97 times he would cut their bills by $275. How many times do you think the Labor Prime Minister and the Labor government have mentioned that particular promise since polling day? How many times? Zero. None. Zip. Niet. Non, if you're French. They haven't mentioned it at all, because they lied to the Australian people. The Labor Party lied to the Australian people. Not only do they not have a plan to reduce the cost-of-living pressures on Australians; during the election campaign they lied, and they knew they were lying.

The Labor leader says 97 times, 'I'm going to cut your power bill,' and then since that election he has recommitted to cutting people's power bills zero times. That's because what you see over there is arrogance, and it's the arrogance of a government who think they are invincible. It's the arrogance of a government who think they know better than the Australian people. It's the arrogance of a government who are snubbing their nose at the working men and women of Queensland and the farmers and the graziers. Shame on the Labor Party. (Time expired)