Speeches

  • Monday, 30 January 2023

    As published in The Australian on Monday 30 January 2023 

    Reading the Treasurer’s prescription for the world economy on the weekend brought a great American to mind. In 1986, Ronald Reagan said the nine most terrifying words in the English language were “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.” Reagan, in nine words said what the Treasurer has in six thousand, but h...

  • Wednesday, 02 November 2022

    THE HON ANGUS TAYLOR MP 

    SHADOW TREASURER 

     

    NATIONAL PRESS CLUB ADDRESS – SHADOW TREASURER’S BUDGET REPLY 2022

    Wednesday 2 November 2022

     

    'No one held back, no one left behind' – the central broken promise of this Budget

    INTRODUCTION

    Just a few weeks bef...

  • Tuesday, 27 September 2022

    Mr TAYLOR (Hume) (13:45): I rise today to highlight a significant program funded under the coalition government, which has provided major infrastructure improvements in my electorate of Hume: the Building Better Regions Fund. Mayors, councillors and community members are deeply concerned about the future of this program.

    The Goulburn Mulwaree Council used BBRF funding to build an irrigat...

  • Tuesday, 27 September 2022

    E&OE

    The CIS has been fond of pointing out that recent years have been a tough time for fiscal conservatives across the globe.

    My side of politics has long believed that a strong economy demands lower tax rates, balanced budgets, spending growth restraint and containment of inflation and interest rates.

    There is no greater killer of aspiration, enterprise and personal r...

  • Friday, 29 July 2022

    Thank you Mr Speaker. Mr Speaker, when the UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan was asked about the greatest challenge for a leader, he replied: ‘Events, dear boy, events’.

    The world is facing substantial economic and geopolitical events and challenges.

    For the best part of three years, global events have thrown curve balls and continual challenges at Governments.

    But for thi...