A week of Senate Estimates hearings has revealed Australians are paying the price for a government that talks big and delivers little.
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From national security to the cost of living, from health to integrity, the Albanese Government has turned promises into failures and transparency into secrecy.
The Albanese’s Government’s bad decisions and wrong priorities were also on full display.
Leader of Opposition in the Senate, Senator Michaelia Cash said: “The Albanese Government has been exposed as a government that would prefer to keep Australians in the dark about issues of vital importance.’’
“The ISIS brides’ cover-up was finally exposed through the Estimates process after the government spent weeks denying all knowledge of the status of this cohort,’’ Senator Cash said.
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, Senator Anne Ruston said: “The deceptive nature of this government has been exposed time and again, as has their poor decision making, ideological obsessions and broken promises.’’
ISIS brides cover-up revealed
The Albanese Government knew a cohort of ISIS brides and their children were coming back to Australia months ago but refused to tell the public. They knew as early as June yet kept Australians in the dark despite repeated media stories and questions from the Opposition. It wasn’t until Senate Estimates last week that the Government finally admitted two ISIS brides and their four children were back in Australia. But the Albanese government showed their contempt for the Australian people through their failure to answer even the most basic factual questions about the ISIS brides. And the Government refuses to reveal how many more are returning or when they are coming back.
Labor left Australians hanging in 000 chaos
The Coalition exposed shocking new details about the Optus Triple Zero outage and Labor’s failure to act. It was revealed Optus emailed the Albanese Government the day before the outage went public, warning of the looming crisis. Yet no one in Government alerted emergency services or the Australian public. Australians were left unable to call for help, and Labor sat on its hands. The Government’s attempt to bury the email and downplay its own inaction shows a disturbing lack of accountability and leadership in a life-and-death situation.
