The Nationals are committed to returning the Federal Budget to surplus and to beginning to repay the mammoth debt accumulated by Labor. It took ten years to pay back the debt left by the last Labor Government, and many hard decisions had to be made. The Nationals will ensure that savings recognise regional Australia as the generator of Australia’s real wealth, and regional recovery as fundamental to restoring economic growth.
supports market regulation for a fair and open market, for example for consumer protection or for increased competition or for social market economy