As we debate the Help to Buy Bill today, I want to reflect first on how we have come to be in a position where the Commonwealth has to help people buy a home. In 1984, it cost $64,000 to buy the average home, and an annual income back then was a shade over $19,000,…
I rise to speak on the Albanese Labor government’s misguided priorities for Australia. Mallee voters don’t buy Labor’s song-and-dance routine that they are the party of tax cuts. Stages one, two and three income tax cuts were under the coalition’s policy. On stage three, Labor told us 100 times they would back them in. Then…
Natural disaster victims’ allegations insurance companies have price gouged them need urgent investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster says. Skyrocketing premiums during a cost-of-living crisis have hit the hip pocket of Mallee residents affected by fire and floods over the past 18 months, yet insurance companies…