Angus Taylor outlines plans to reduce government size, cut taxes and tighten immigration
📰 Original title: Angus Taylor is promising to end 'big government' and abolish agencies he doesn't like
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Angus Taylor outlines plans to reduce government size, cut taxes and tighten immigration
In his budget-in-reply speech, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor committed to significantly downsizing government and restricting publicly-funded services to Australian citizens. He proposed abolishing several agencies, including climate-focused bodies like the Net Zero Economy Authority and the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, while introducing a new National Security Adviser and developing a National Security Strategy. Taylor pledged $22.5 billion in income tax cuts by indexing the two lowest tax brackets to inflation from 2028-29, aiming to prevent wage-driven tax creep. On immigration, he promised one of the largest cuts in Australia's history, stricter entry standards, deportation of 75,000 visa overstayers, and barring non-citizens from welfare programs, including the NDIS, Jobseeker, Youth Allowance, and Family Tax Benefit. He also proposed capping net overseas migration to housing completions and scrapping certain housing programs. Regulatory reform would reduce bureaucratic oversight, simplify key legislation, and encourage competition. Taylor's energy policy focuses on coal, gas, renewables, and ending EV tax breaks, while also reviewing nuclear energy options. He framed his agenda as a fight for a fairer, freer Australia and a move away from what he described as 'big government'.









