‘You will get Voice, Treaty, Truth': Liberal Senator Michaelia Cash issues warning about dire risk of hung parliament

Sky News AU

02-05-2025

Liberal Senator Michaelia Cash has issued a warning to voters about the danger of a hung parliament, claiming Australians will be in for a 'rude shock' if the election results in an Albanese-Bandt government.
The shadow attorney general spoke to Sky News Australia on the eve of election day, telling host Danica de Giorgio that the feedback she was hearing from voters was 'very positive'.
'The mood on the ground is more 2019 than 2022,' the WA senator said.
'I see what the polls are saying, the published polls, but when I'm out on the ground - and certainly this is the feedback from colleagues - is that people are actually saying they need to get Australia back on track".
Senator Cash said voters simply needed to ask themselves if they were 'better off today than you were three years ago when Mr Albanese was first elected?'
'The overwhelming answer… is, we cannot afford another three years of Labor,' she said.
'I mean, almost three years ago to the day, Mr Albanese stood up and said to the Australian people, life will be cheaper under me.
'Three years later… I would say to the Australian people, have a look at the ticket, the price that you're paying at the checkout. But not only that, have a look at your energy bill, because that doesn't lie.
'Life is harder under Mr Albanese.'
Senator Cash said voters were responding well to the Coalition's plan to 'get Australia back on track'.
'Cost of living relief that Australians so desperately need flowing from almost immediately under a Dutton government, every leader 25 cents cheaper; that is a message that resonates here in Western Australia, because we drive such large distances,' she said.
'But also for over 10 million Australians, that cost of living relief of up to $1,200 when you put in your next tax return, 25-26. People get that message.'
Senator Cash urged voters to remember the history of Labor and Coalition governments, before warning that a hung parliament could lead to the worst possible result - a Labor-Greens government.
'When Labor runs out of money, they come after yours. That happens to be a fact,' she said.
'The history of coalition governments is we get elected and we have to clean up Labor's mess.
'But God help Australia if they wake up on Sunday and Adam Bandt is running this country with Mr Albanese, because let's have a look at the rude shock that awaits Australians: You will get voice treaty truth.'
The spectre of the Voice to Parliament was revived this week when Labor's Penny Wong indicated its creation was inevitable.
Senator Cash seized on the comments to make her final pitch to voters.
'My final reminder to the Australian people is this, you voted overwhelmingly No to Mr Albanese's plan to divide this country on the basis of race. Peter Dutton stood up for you, he stood with you,' she said.
'Mr Albanese has confirmed his senior ministers have confirmed: Voice, treaty, truth, despite Australians voting no, you will get that under a re-elected Albanese government.
'You must vote no to Mr Albanese. The only person who will not divide this country on the basis of race is Peter Dutton. So vote for your local liberal candidate.'