Pauline Hanson has launched an extraordinary attack on Jim Chalmers and Labor MPs who have never “run a business” in a speech to private sector chiefs, warning them the Albanese government has gone to “war” with the people who keep the country running.
After copping a hit to her personal popularity in the latest Newspoll, the One Nation leader on Tuesday will tell chief executives at the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry business leaders’ summit that her party is the champion of small business. In her opening remarks ahead of a fireside chat with One Nation Treasury spokesman Barnaby Joyce, Senator Hanson will call out the Treasurer and his Labor colleagues, many of whom boast union backgrounds, for never having worked in the private sector.
“Too many people in this government have never run a business. They’ve never put their own savings on the line. Never laid awake wondering if there’d be enough money in their account to make the week’s payroll,” Senator Hanson will say.
“Yet they’re very confident telling the people who do run businesses how to do it. We now have a Treasurer with no private sector experience. And his Labor government believes it knows better than you how to run your business. Jim Chalmers thinks every problem needs a new rule, a new tax and a new regulator.
“That’s what a socialist government looks like. And this Labor government is now at war with the people who keep this country running. It treats profit as something to tax, not something you earned. And every Australian pays for it. They pay for it with lower wages, higher prices and fewer jobs.”
Speaking at the ACCI event after Angus Taylor, Nationals leader Matt Canavan and Labor ministers Chris Bowen, Amanda Rishworth and Andrew Charlton, Senator Hanson will shift her economic attacks to the real-world experience of Anthony Albanese’s cabinet.
As Dr Chalmers comes under fire over high government spending, soaring interest rates, inflation and cost-of-living pressures, Senator Hanson will say her parliamentary team boasts extensive private sector backgrounds. “I’ve run businesses. I grew up in one. Barnaby Joyce spent years running an accountancy firm doing the books for the businesses that kept regional towns alive. Senator Tyron Whitten ran a successful earthworks business in Western Australia, employing hundreds,” she will say. “So, we know first-hand something Canberra has forgotten. Government doesn’t create wealth. Businesses do.”
Amid a slip in One Nation’s primary vote from 30 per cent to 28 per cent, Senator Hanson will say that her party wants “Australia to be the best place in the world to do business”.
Ahead of the Victorian and NSW state elections, which will be held in November and March next year, Senator Hanson will say that “you cannot lift productivity and living standards without profitable businesses”.
“Every politician says they want higher wages. None of them will tell you where wages come from. They come from a business that makes a profit. And to have profitable businesses, the cost of doing business in this country needs to come down dramatically.
“We need to cut tax, we need to cut red tape and we need to cut the cost of power for Australian businesses. And we need to get government out of the way. We need to stop them from holding you back. That’s what One Nation is focused on.
“Australian businesses don’t need another BS government summit. They need a government that understands business and will actually get out of their way.”
After the ACCI led the pushback against Labor’s move to ban businesses from passing on card fees while letting the ATO stop taking tax payments by credit card, Senator Hanson will say the government doesn’t understand how small businesses work.
“Just look at what this Labor government has done in the last month. First, Labor banned business from passing on card fees and then expected them to absorb them. Then Labor let the ATO stop taking tax payments by credit card. When a customer pays late, the tax bill for a business still falls due. For plenty of businesses, a credit card is what gets them through that gap. It helps to manage their cashflow. The tax doesn’t go away. Neither does the problem of finding the money on the day it is due.
Pauline Hanson has launched an extraordinary attack on Jim Chalmers and Labor MPs who have never “run a business” in a speech to private sector chiefs, warning them the Albanese government has gone to “war” with the people who keep the country running.
After copping a hit to her personal popularity in the latest Newspoll, the One Nation leader on Tuesday will tell chief executives at the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry business leaders’ summit that her party is the champion of small business. In her opening remarks ahead of a fireside chat with One Nation Treasury spokesman Barnaby Joyce, Senator Hanson will call out the Treasurer and his Labor colleagues, many of whom boast union backgrounds, for never having worked in the private sector.
“Too many people in this government have never run a business. They’ve never put their own savings on the line. Never laid awake wondering if there’d be enough money in their account to make the week’s payroll,” Senator Hanson will say.
“Yet they’re very confident telling the people who do run businesses how to do it. We now have a Treasurer with no private sector experience. And his Labor government believes it knows better than you how to run your business. Jim Chalmers thinks every problem needs a new rule, a new tax and a new regulator.
“That’s what a socialist government looks like. And this Labor government is now at war with the people who keep this country running. It treats profit as something to tax, not something you earned. And every Australian pays for it. They pay for it with lower wages, higher prices and fewer jobs.”
Speaking at the ACCI event after Angus Taylor, Nationals leader Matt Canavan and Labor ministers Chris Bowen, Amanda Rishworth and Andrew Charlton, Senator Hanson will shift her economic attacks to the real-world experience of Anthony Albanese’s cabinet.
As Dr Chalmers comes under fire over high government spending, soaring interest rates, inflation and cost-of-living pressures, Senator Hanson will say her parliamentary team boasts extensive private sector backgrounds. “I’ve run businesses. I grew up in one. Barnaby Joyce spent years running an accountancy firm doing the books for the businesses that kept regional towns alive. Senator Tyron Whitten ran a successful earthworks business in Western Australia, employing hundreds,” she will say. “So, we know first-hand something Canberra has forgotten. Government doesn’t create wealth. Businesses do.”
Amid a slip in One Nation’s primary vote from 30 per cent to 28 per cent, Senator Hanson will say that her party wants “Australia to be the best place in the world to do business”.
Ahead of the Victorian and NSW state elections, which will be held in November and March next year, Senator Hanson will say that “you cannot lift productivity and living standards without profitable businesses”.
“Every politician says they want higher wages. None of them will tell you where wages come from. They come from a business that makes a profit. And to have profitable businesses, the cost of doing business in this country needs to come down dramatically.
“We need to cut tax, we need to cut red tape and we need to cut the cost of power for Australian businesses. And we need to get government out of the way. We need to stop them from holding you back. That’s what One Nation is focused on.
“Australian businesses don’t need another BS government summit. They need a government that understands business and will actually get out of their way.”
After the ACCI led the pushback against Labor’s move to ban businesses from passing on card fees while letting the ATO stop taking tax payments by credit card, Senator Hanson will say the government doesn’t understand how small businesses work.
“Just look at what this Labor government has done in the last month. First, Labor banned business from passing on card fees and then expected them to absorb them. Then Labor let the ATO stop taking tax payments by credit card. When a customer pays late, the tax bill for a business still falls due. For plenty of businesses, a credit card is what gets them through that gap. It helps to manage their cashflow. The tax doesn’t go away. Neither does the problem of finding the money on the day it is due.