THE Albanese Government’s carefree approach to cost-of-living relief was on display in Canberra this week in an ugly and unexpected final sitting week.
Swan Hill mortgage-holders who are $50,000 a year ($136 a day) worse off are expected to be grateful because, in 462 days, Labor will give them 70 cents a day.
Worse still, Treasurer Chalmers expects you to be thankful that you’ll get 40 cents a day more energy bill relief until December 31. Annual electricity bills under Labor are up $4.30 a day more than they promised – $1,300 a year higher, not down $275 like Labor promised 97 times before the last election. Pensioners are not running their air-conditioners in the stifling heat because they fear their next power bill.
The Albanese Labor Government has taken away Australians housing affordability and wrecked their food affordability. Australians wages no longer buy what they once did at the supermarket. Bread prices are up over 20 per cent, cheese up 18 per cent, milk 17 per cent and breakfast cereal is up over 15 per cent. Mums and dads are putting groceries back on the shelf because they simply cannot afford them.
Mortgage repayments up 41 per cent, gas prices up 32 per cent, and rents are up 17 per cent.
And remember, for six months from January to June 2026, the Albanese Government’s 2025/26 Budget offers you no cost-of-living relief at all.
That’s why the Coalition has called out this tricky, election-focussed Budget as being about the next five weeks, not the next five years. Don’t be fooled by the Treasurer’s spin – Labor’s generosity is wafer thin.
The Albanese government has failed to improve Australia’s productivity and to grow our security in the most unstable global environment in 80 years. Labor’s economic mismanagement is buried as they swim in income tax revenue and mineral royalties. The jackpot machine of the Australian success story is spitting out chips but it is all going down the drain of debt, deficit and bloated public spending.
Australians need a Coalition government that respects you and your hard-earned income and will get Australia back on track.
