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PRIME MINISTER

**UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 12.01AM**

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER BUILDING A STRONGER
AUSTRALIA

This weekend marks one year since the Australian people entrusted the Liberal National Coalition with the
job of building a stronger Australia.

Since then, we have been working to deliver on our commitments to you and to make decisions that are in
the best long-term interests of our country.

Our focus has been building a strong, prosperous economy and a safe and secure Australia.

We are making progress:

The Carbon Tax is gone;

The boats are stopping;

Our record $50 billion roads and infrastructure programme is underway;

Weve given environmental approvals to big new projects worth over $800 billion;

Were boosting exports and jobs with Free Trade Agreements with two of our major trading partners;

Were reducing Government debt and getting the Budget back under control;

And importantly, over 100,000 new jobs have been created since the end of last year.

But this is just the start.

As a nation, weve also faced serious challenges in the past year because of the increasingly uncertain world
in which we live.

Events in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine, and the rise of violent extremism has tested Australia, as it has tested
other nations.

The Government is implementing a detailed set of polices to keep our country safe.

In an increasingly uncertain world, we are determined that our nation will be secure.

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Over the next two years, the Government will continue its work building a stronger economy because that
means more jobs and more prosperity.

Building roads, ending rip-offs, protecting the vulnerable, repairing the Budget and ensuring that our
country is strong and safe: thats the mission of this Government.


7 September 2014