For the last couple of months Australians have, understandably, been focused on questions of multiculturalism, antisemitism, safety, and immigration.

But in poll after poll the number one rated concern for Australian voters continues to be cost of living.

And with the latest inflation figures and rate rise, they’re right to be.

The underlying story of the nearly four years of Anthony Albanese’s Labor government has been the steady march towards economic catastrophe.

With Treasurer Jim Chalmers at the helm, Australia is falling further and further behind other developed nations on just about every measure.

This isn’t a hangover from the Covid years. This is purposeful financial mismanagement.

We have the worst inflation among first world nations because of the highest government spending in four decades.

Real wages are falling because of damaging workplace rules.

Housing is unaffordable because of mass immigration.

The cost of energy is through the roof thanks to Net Zero.

And food, education, and health are all up because of Labor’s under-the-table jobs for mates, union deals, and their smashing of small business.

But you don’t need us to tell you that. You, and millions of other Australian families, see it every time you go to the shops or open up a bill or fill up the car.

It’s important to understand this:

Everything Labor points to that says the economy is doing well is fake.

The low unemployment rate is almost entirely because of the staggering growth in public service jobs.

The GDP growth is almost entirely because of mass immigration.

And the only reason the budget bottom line isn’t worse is because of our mining and minerals industry; the very industry Labor wants to kill in the name of Net Zero.

Labor is not governing, they are managing the politics and guiding us into permanent decline.

They are not putting Australians first, and until someone does, this decline won’t be reversed any time soon.