This policy booklet, produced by the Liberal Abbott government in January 2013, sets out 12 policy action areas and commitments:

1. We will build a stronger, more productive and diverse economy with lower taxes, more efficient government and more productive businesses that will deliver more jobs, higher real incomes and better services for you and your family.

2. We will get the Budget back under control, cut waste and start reducing debt – to keep interest rates as low as possible; and to protect the Australian economy from future economic shocks.

3. We will help families get ahead by freeing them from the burdens of the carbon tax – to protect Australian jobs and reduce cost-of- living pressures, especially rising electricity and gas prices.

4. We will help small businesses grow and create more jobs – by reducing business costs and cutting taxes as well as cutting red and green tape costs by
$1 billion every year.

5. We will create stronger jobs growth by building a diverse, world-class 5-Pillar economy – by building

6. We will generate one million new jobs over the next five years and two million new jobs within a decade by growing a bigger, more productive and prosperous economy on our strengths in Manufacturing Innovation, Advanced Services, Agriculture Exports, world-class Education and Research, as well as boosting Mining Exports.

7. We will build more modern infrastructure to get things moving – with an emphasis on reducing the bottlenecks on our gridlocked roads and highways.

8. We will deliver better services including health services – by putting local communities in charge of hospitals and improving co-operation with the States and Territories.

9. We will deliver better education – by putting local communities in charge of improving the performance of local schools.

10. We will take direct action to reduce carbon emissions inside Australia, not overseas – and also establish a 15,000-strong Green Army to clean-up the environment.

11. We will deliver stronger borders – where the boats are stopped – with tough and proven measures.

12. We will deliver strong and stable government that restores accountability – to deliver a better future for all Australians.