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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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发表于 2016-7-12 22:06:34