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‘Patriot agenda’: Nats leader’s plan for Aus
Canavan will argue for tariffs, nuclear power and new cities as part of a protectionist plan to lift industry and birth rates.
- On Wednesday, Nationals leader Matt Canavan will unveil his "Patriot Agenda" at the National Press Club, calling for an economic revolution including permanent tariffs and nuclear power to rebuild manufacturing.
- Citing stagnant wages falling back to 2011 levels, Canavan will criticize the "coddled, comfortable and second-rate political class" for failing to protect Australian industry and creating a "dependent state."
- The five-point plan features a "21st-century national works program" encompassing dams, power plants, and space ports, alongside proposals to build new cities and tax measures to boost birth rates above 1.5.
- Rejecting the "Hawke-Howard era of economic reform," Canavan argues against comparative advantage and dismisses suggestions his protectionist stance conflicts with Liberal Party leader Angus Taylor.
- With the Farrer byelection one month away, the speech promotes a "Hyper-Australia" vision to create "an Australia on steroids" and restore the nation's sovereign manufacturing capabilities.
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Newly elected National Party leader Matt Canavan has outlined his vision for Australia in what calls the “Patriot Agenda for an Australian Economic Revival.” The vocal conservative-leaning senator proposed an “economic revolution,” in an address to the National Press Club on April 8. “We won’t get revival by tinkering around the edges. Some of this will require the long-overdue slaying of sacred cows,” Canavan said. Among them was net zero, whic…
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