TOPICS: RBA rate hike, impact on families and small business, future heavy vehicle bypass for Mildura, aged care deaths waiting for care, ministerial accountability, next federal election, preferred prime minister polling

Nearly 7 in 10 households experienced food insecurity for the first time this past year, according to Foodbank. The Albanese Labor Government cannot keep expecting families to suffer while it refuses to properly restrain its own spending.”

TOPICS: Prime Minister's record length as Labor leader, inflation and government spending, energy policy, net zero

TOPICS: FACES report on aged care, delays and deaths in aged care, ministerial responsibility, transparency

“The Minister must urgently restore meaningful clinical oversight, ensure vulnerable older Australians receive proper face-to-face assessments and deliver approved care without these extraordinary delays.

“The Nationals have fought for and preserved the guarantee of at least 2,500 postal service points in rural and remote Australia. That guarantee has to mean something on the ground.

At the start of 2026 I drafted the Prime Agricultural Land Protection Bill to stop federal funding diminishing prime agricultural land. Matt Canavan tabled that Bill in the Senate in his first act as Nationals leader.

The warning lights aren't flashing anymore. The economy is screaming for help, but Labor is not listening. Instead, we get more spin, more excuses, more blame shifting.

Labor's answer is effectively to give affected families a choice: pay the minimum tax, restructure or surrender much of the discretion for which the discretionary trust exists in the first place. That is not simplification.