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

Under this weak Labor Prime Minister, Australians are hurting more than ever, yet our weak Prime Minister refuses to acknowledge how tough things really are. We've got a prime minister with the backbone of a semi-comatose jellyfish, a prime minister who refuses to accept his government's economywide attack on Australia is hurting our standards of living and that inflation is homegrown and Labor grown. The price of electricity is up 22 per cent. The country has endured 12 mortgage rate rises. The cost of food is up 11 per cent. Rent is up 15 per cent. Insurance is up 17 per cent. It's a cost-of-living crisis, but we've got a prime minister who is missing in action.

We have a weak Labor government who have been more focused on protecting their own jobs rather than on actually working towards reducing the rise of inflation and reducing the stress on Australian families. We have a weak Labor government that have been more focused on spending half a billion dollars on a failed referendum and selling their own confused idea of makarrata rather than on tackling issues front-on in Indigenous communities. We have a weak Labor government who has been more focused on blaming the courts rather than on actually taking accountability, responsibility and actions to deal with the abhorrent release of 83 convicted criminals into our community. This needs to stop.

Australians are crying out for a leader and a government that will tackle inflation head on and will keep us safe. Only Peter Dutton and the coalition will get back to basics and get Australia back on track. Only Peter Dutton and David Littleproud will fix the economy and protect our borders. And—with 10 seconds left—only David Crisafulli will get Queensland back on track, in 50 or so days time. Vote LNP.