Our Plan
for More Jobs
Australian Prime Minister Tony
Abbott
23 March 2014
This is the last sitting week of
Parliament before the Government hands down the Budget.
So we are focusing on the
economic fundamentals: Lower taxes, less red tape, better infrastructure and
more trade.
I’ve just been in Papua New
Guinea where I signed an Economic
Cooperation Treaty with our nearest neighbour.
Soon, I’ll be leading the largest
ever Australian trade delegation to China, Japan and South Korea with hundreds
of large, medium and small Australian businesses represented. I’ve invited the
Premiers and Chief Ministers to join me – because we all know the contribution
that trade makes to jobs.
This week Parliament will also
hold the first ever red tape repeal day – over 10,000 regulations and laws are
going – and that will save over $700 million a year, every year.
As we get closer to the Budget, there will be plenty of
speculation but I want to make these things clear:
First, we will honour our
commitments and deliver our plan for a strong, prosperous economy.
Second, we will deal with Labor’s
legacy of $123 billion in deficits and $667 billion in debt – because countries
need to live within their means as households do.
Third, we will be making the
decisions needed to strengthen our economy so there are more jobs and less
pressure on families.
You can’t fix the economy without
fixing the budget; that’s what you elected us to do. |
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