An election eve message from the leader of the Liberals, Tony Abbott:
This election is the most important choice in a generation.
It is a clear choice between the Coalition team with a positive plan for a better future or another three years of chaos, dishonesty and division from Labor.
We are a great country and a great people but we can't afford another three years like the last six - with more waste, more debt and more boats. We need a stronger government and a stable Parliament, not another divided minority government.
The Liberal and National parties stand ready to deliver more jobs, higher wages and better services for all Australians - and we will do that by building a stronger, more productive and diverse five Pillar economy, through lower taxes, more efficient government and more productive businesses.
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A stronger economy is not an end in itself - but is necessary to help pay for the better services, lower taxes, stronger borders, cleaner environment and modern infrastructure that we all want.
If you choose the Coalition, you'll get a new government - and a government that will:
- build a stronger, more diversified economy so everyone can get ahead;
- scrap the carbon tax so that next year alone your family will be $550 a year better off;
- get the Budget back under control by ending Labor's waste;
- stop the boats;
- And we'll build the roads of the 21st century to ease congestion and ensure less time is spent in traffic.
That's our contract with you.
I am confident in our plans because I am confident in my team.
A vote for the Coalition is a vote for a party that has had for the last three years the same strong, united team and the same clear plans.
By contrast, a vote for Mr Rudd or the minor parties means even more waste, higher deficits, even more debt and more boats.
As you reflect on your choice on Saturday it is important to remember Labor's record: the leadership dysfunction, the carbon tax broken promise, the broken promise on the surplus and the failure to stop the boats.
Mr Rudd and Labor want you to forget about the last six years; that's why his campaign is not about what he has done but what he says that we might do.
If you vote for the Coalition's positive plan, real change starts on Sunday morning.
If you vote for change, on day one of an incoming Coalition government I will instruct the public service to prepare the carbon tax repeal legislation.
If you vote for change, Operation Sovereign Borders will start immediately.
If you vote for change, Labor's $1.8 billion tax on company cars won't proceed and confidence can return to our local car industry from Sunday morning.
If you vote for change, within 100 days, legislation to abolish the carbon tax and to abolish the mining tax will be in the Parliament.
With your vote, by the end of a Coalition government's first term, the Budget will be on-track to a believable surplus.
Your vote gets a competent, trustworthy government. That's what my strong, united team want to deliver to the Australian people in the future.
And there's another commitment that we give you - there will be no minority government under the Coalition. There will not be deals done with independents and the Greens under the Liberal and National Parties.
At this election I need you to vote for change - so that we can achieve all the good things that we set out in our contract with you.
I respectfully ask you to join us - and help us build a stronger Australia and a better future - for all Australians.
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