Message
on the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the Liberal Party
Prime Minister Tony Abbott
This week marks the 70th
anniversary of the founding of the Liberal Party.
On such an anniversary, it is
right to reflect on what the Liberal Party has achieved for our country.
Back in 1944, the Party’s
founder, Robert Menzies expressed his hope that the Liberal Party would change
“the current of Australian politics.”
It has done that – and so much
more.
The Liberal Party has helped to
build modern Australia.
We’ve built infrastructure, fixed
budgets, cut taxes, encouraged migration, expanded our universities, supported
our Armed Forces, stopped the boats and presided over the longest stretches of
job creation and real wages growth in Australia’s history.
And along the way, we’ve cleaned
up just about all of Labor’s messes.
Though the times have changed
since 1944, the Liberal Party has had a consistent philosophy: we stand for the citizen over the official,
for the community over the state and for the family over everything
We believe in the aspirations of
people – because as Menzies reminded us, it’s families and households, small
business people and tradies who are “the backbone of our nation”.
Everything this Government is
doing is for a strong, prosperous economy and a safe secure Australia.
We’re helping families to get
ahead – and encouraging small business people to employ more.
We are cutting tax: the Carbon
Tax is gone, the Mining Tax is gone and we are cutting company tax next year.
Jobs are being created: there are
over 120,000 more jobs since the election.
Free
Trade Agreements
have been signed.
Environmental approval has been
given to $800 billion in new projects and over 10,000 pages of unnecessary laws
and regulations have been cut, to ease the burden on people.
The biggest infrastructure
programme in Australian history is now underway.
And we are getting the Budget
under control.
But this is just the start.
The Government’s Economic Strategy is about giving people
freedom and more incentive to make the most of themselves. This is the best way
to grow our economy and reduce the cost of living burden on families and on
businesses.
For 70 years, the Liberal Party,
along with our Coalition partners, the Nationals, have sought to build a
stronger Australia with a better future.
On this anniversary, we
rededicate ourselves to this task. |
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