An elected Dutton Coalition Government will invest $1.5 million to support the Stop the Coward Punch campaign and its efforts to reduce violence in our communities. The Coward Punch Campaign was founded in 2012 by Australian world boxing champion Danny Green to raise awareness about the devastating effects the coward punch has on victims and Read More >
An elected Dutton Government will repeal Labor’s tax on family cars and utes, ensuring Australians save thousands when buying a new car. From July 1 under Labor’s family car and ute tax families and small businesses will be slugged with thousands in extra costs when buying a new car, with industry estimates showing up to Read More >
An elected Dutton Coalition Government will be a friend of the mining and resources sector by turbocharging jobs and investment opportunities to re-energise the economy and boost growth. Today, the Coalition has released its detailed and fully costed “Plan for a Strong Resources Industry”, including the expansion of the official critical minerals list to include Read More >
The Coalition will deliver strong economic management by ensuring Australia’s resource wealth works for Australians. The Coalition will establish two nation building funds within the Future Fund to manage windfall revenue responsibly. The two funds will be seeded from 80 per cent of any positive windfall receipts variations each year. Our Future Generations Fund and Regional Australia Future Read More >
An elected Dutton Coalition Government will continue our proud legacy of supporting life saving research into suicide prevention by investing $15 million to continue the National Suicide Prevention Research Fund. Disappointingly, the Albanese Labor Government has cut funding for this crucial Research Fund, throwing ongoing research efforts into complete uncertainty. The Coalition will restore funding Read More >
The Coalition’s National Gas Plan that we release today will secure supply and drive down prices to make sure Australian gas is available for Australian homes and businesses first. Australians have some of the most abundant gas reserves in the world right beneath our feet – we should be unlocking these resources to deliver lower Read More >
An elected Dutton Coalition Government will act in the national interest to immediately secure the Port of Darwin by facilitating the return of the Port to an Australian Government-approved operator. In the current geopolitical environment, it is vital that this piece of critical infrastructure, which is directly opposite to the Larrakeyah Defence Precinct, is operated Read More >
Federal and Victorian Coalition Governments will deliver the $13 billion Melbourne Airport Rail Link providing reliable 30 minute travel from the CBD, reduced congestion on the Tullamarine Freeway and local roads, connections to regional rail services and public transport access for airport precinct workers. An elected Dutton Littleproud Coalition Government will increase federal funding for Read More >
Good morning, everyone. Thanks very much for coming along today. This election is a choice, about who can better manage our economy. Of course, the question that Australians need to ask is: are you better off today, and is our country better off today, than three years ago? Generations of Australians have built their lives Read More >
To Australians listening tonight, thank you very much for your time. Soon, you will have a say in determining the future of our great country. We live, literally, in the best country in the world. We’re the beneficiaries of what our forebears have built and defended. We love this country because it has forged us Read More >
The Australian Labor Party has cemented its status as the enemy of small business by axing the Instant Asset Write Off, increasing taxes on small business. This is bad economic policy and will hit small business cash flow by tens of thousands of dollars. It also means Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers will go to Read More >
This is a Budget for the next five weeks, not the next five years. This is a Budget for an election, not one for our country’s future prosperity. At a time when living standards have suffered the biggest collapse on record and when the security environment is the most dangerous since the Second World War, Read More >
An elected Dutton Coalition Government would prioritise Western Australian jobs and the delivery of energy security for the state by directing the Federal environment department to fast track their assessment of the North West Shelf gas extension. Leader of the Opposition, the Hon Peter Dutton MP said that this commitment would bring back investor certainty Read More >
An elected Dutton Coalition Government will provide up to $35 million to support the rebuilding of the Adass Israel Synagogue community centre following the horrific arson attack in December 2024. These funds will allow the Adass Israel Synagogue to build back stronger than ever, with upgraded security to prevent an incident like this ever happening Read More >
The latest disturbing revelations about the CFMEU’s links with organised crime confirm that urgent action is required to confront this militant and corrupt organisation head-on. The CFMEU’s behaviour is driving up the cost of residential and commercial housing in Australia. Bikies are perpetrating domestic violence on jobsites for taxpayer-funded projects. Cars are being torched Read More >
Albanese Government’s weakness, economic incompetence and lack of transparency exposed The weakness, hypocrisy, economic incompetence and lack of transparency of the Albanese Labor Government has been starkly exposed during what is expected to be the final Senate estimates hearings before the 2025 Federal election. Coalition Senators highlighted numerous examples of bad Government decisions and wrong priorities Read More >
The Coalition supports Australians getting improved access to bulk billed urgent healthcare through Urgent Care Clinics. It has never been harder or more expensive to see a doctor than right now under the Albanese Labor Government. GP bulk billing rose consistently under the Coalition’s time in government to more than 88%. Under Labor, it has Read More >
An elected Dutton Coalition Government will reinstate the acquisition of the fourth F-35A Lightning II squadron which Labor cancelled in their 2024-25 Budget. The Coalition’s acquisition of the additional fourth F-35A squadron will bolster the Royal Australian Air Force’s strike and air combat capability, adding some 28 aircraft to the current fleet of 72, reaching Read More >
An elected Dutton Coalition Government will invest an historic $9 billion into Medicare to fix Labor’s healthcare crisis and ensure all Australians have timely and affordable access to a doctor. Under Labor’s bulk billing crisis, it has never been harder and more expensive to see a doctor. Australians are now paying 45 per cent Read More >
I am pleased to announce the following changes to the Coalition’s Shadow Ministry. The Hon. David Coleman MP will take on the role of Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs. David has made an outstanding policy contribution as our Shadow Minister for Communications and he has the intellect, temperament, and vision, to take on this important Read More >