As published in The Daily Telegraph on Friday, 5th January 2024
Many Australians will be hoping for a 2024 that is better than the year just gone.
2023 was the year our living standards collapsed, as a result of higher prices, higher mortgage repayments and higher taxes – all fuelled by high inflation.
Charity organisations and community groups s...
Introduction – a growing political divide
In my 10 years in politics in Australia, I’ve seen a series of political
earthquakes upending establishment politics not just in my country, but
across the developed world.
The epicentre of these earthquakes is a growing divide between the inner
cities on the one hand and the suburbs and regi...
I want to start by asking you to reflect on this scenario:
Intro
Let me start by asking a question. Do you feel better off today than you did a year ago?
I ask this question of many Australians, and I get a consistent answer.
Inflation hurts all Australians. The impact of inflation is not limited to some.
I witnessed this first hand growing up in Nimmitabel, a tiny timber and farming town, two hours south o...
ANGUS TAYLOR:
Thank you very much. Libby, Caroline, Michaelia, of course, Matt and other colleagues and many Liberal Party friends and supporters here tonight, it’s wonderful to see you here. It’s been wonderful to be in the West since Monday. It’s good to spend a week here actually and spend some serious time and see what’s going on here in the West. And I'm just struc...