Mr PITT: We heard it here, we heard it there, we heard it everywhere in the election campaign. I’m talking about the commitment from the now Prime Minister Albanese for a reduction in power prices of $275. What do we hear now? Nothing, not a whisper, not a whimper, not a peep, not a peekaboo.

Mr PITT: As they say: ‘Grievances? Well, I’ve got a few!’ It’s good to have this opportunity. My first grievance is this: the Albanese government has stopped funding the Stronger Communities Program.

Mr PITT: I rise to give the House an update on a couple of athletes from my patch, and they are both absolute crackers. They’re from different fields.

Mr PITT: In the 2019 election, the Australian people heard all about the bill that Australia couldn’t afford. And they knew it was the wrong bill. They knew they didn’t want that bill. They didn’t want to see that bill. They couldn’t afford that bill.

Mr PITT (Hinkler) (18:21): We’ve seen the third instalment of ‘Jimbo-nomics’ in the most recent budget. We saw the first instalment last October. The second instalment of ‘Jimbo-nomics’, of course, was the treatise that we all saw—some 6,000 words, from memory—that said that the Labor Treasurer is going to change the way that economies works and the way economics works and the way business works.

Mr PITT: I’m very pleased to rise to speak on the Defence Legislation Amendment (Naval Nuclear Propulsion) Bill 2023. Of course the coalition will be supporting this bill; after all, the AUKUS arrangement is a coalition arrangement. It’s an agreement that we struck when in government.

Mr PITT: We are one people, we are one country and we are all equal, for we are one and free. I will be voting no to this legislation, the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023; I will be voting no to the proposed changes to the Constitution; and I will be campaigning for the ‘no’ side of the case.

Mr PITT: Last week—would you believe?—was National Volunteer Week, and where would we be without volunteers in this country?

Mr PITT: It’s always great to follow the member for Moreton. He’s gives me so much material. For the member for Moreton’s benefit, does he really think people would put money into superannuation if it weren’t for tax incentives? Without tax incentives, no-one would do it.

Mr PITT: I’m about to give you a hot tip, Madam Deputy Speaker Chesters. No matter who is in government, whether it’s Labor or whether it’s the coalition, and no matter what the situation is—whether it’s a hung parliament or whether there are difficulties in the Senate—the fundamentals of business simply do not change. They don’t change.