{"id":934264,"date":"2026-07-14T12:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/934264\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T12:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T12:33:24","slug":"angus-taylor-categorically-rules-out-one-nation-coalition-once-and-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/934264\/","title":{"rendered":"Angus Taylor categorically rules out One Nation coalition once and for all"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Opposition leader Angus Taylor says he will not enter a Coalition with Pauline Hanson&#8217;s One Nation party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;I&#8217;m ruling it out,&#8221; Mr Taylor told 7.30 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;There is no plan to form any kind of coalition with One Nation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Taylor was adamant that the current Coalition with the National party will not be changing as he again attacked One Nation&#8217;s policies, as he did last week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">He said their policies would lead the nation to economic ruin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;One Nation would, as a government, leave us with an eternity of pain,&#8221; Mr Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;They have a grab bag of policies, where even just a small subset of them would take this country into a fiscal crisis, higher inflation, higher interest rates, higher mortgage costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;That&#8217;s not something Australians can afford when we are in the midst of an economic crisis of Labor&#8217;s creation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Those comments came despite Mr Taylor saying earlier on Tuesday <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-07-14\/federal-politics-live-blog-bragg-on-housing-policy\/106911880\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/106911880\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">that his criticism of One Nation wasn&#8217;t made lightly.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pauline Hanson in red speaking with reporter in foreground.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b9399bbc902945761a5835eb3ca02f82.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">One Nation and Pauline Hanson have enjoyed a recent resurgence in the polls. (ABC News: Ian Cutmore)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;The speech I gave last week &#8230; 95 per cent of that speech was against Labor and how they&#8217;re wrecking this country,&#8221; \u00a0MrTaylor told 2GB.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;I say what I say about One Nation with a heavy heart frankly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;They do not have a plan for the future of this country. They are a one-person show. They don&#8217;t have the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Taylor said his goal is to remove the Albanese Government from power.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"a middle aged white man with receding grey hair and glasses weaing a suit sitting in front of a painting of wattle and flags\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/9d43ab823addf6cbe52b416b6b099497.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Hundreds of you sent in your questions for Anthony Albanese.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">To do so would require a massive turnaround in the fortunes of the Coalition after it suffered its <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2022-05-25\/coalition-election-defeat-liberals-thinking-mistakes-80s-90s\/101095044\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/101095044\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">worst election defeat in 70 year<\/a>s, when under Peter Dutton&#8217;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Still Mr Taylor remains optimistic he can defeat Labor at the next federal election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;There is a plan to do is to get rid of a Labor government that has put us into an economic crisis where Australians are poorer, where taxes are higher &#8230; and young Australians are losing hope of owning a home,&#8221; Mr Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Australians in small business are losing hope of their dreams with small business as we see the highest rate of insolvencies ever in this country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;People are losing hope for the future of our country and that&#8217;s got to change.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Failing this country&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Pressed on where he might make changes to make Australia more affordable Mr Taylor said he would look to curb government spending on large companies, climate and housing.<\/p>\n<p>Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We&#8217;re seeing this government handing money to big companies, hand over fist,&#8221; Mr Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We saw that with PsiQuantum &#8230; acompany that&#8217;s not even based here in Australia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve got a housing bureaucracy that is spending billions and billions and billions of dollars on housing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve got a climate bureaucracy that is spending billions and billions and billions and yet emissions are barely moving.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"EmphasisedText_quote__TE6kn\"><p>&#8220;These are programs that are failing this country. If we are to have a smaller government, they are programs that can go and should go.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Despite his comments about housing Mr Taylor said he would commit to making housing more affordable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Taylor went on to blame the government for the rise in interest rates, despite the fact that they are set by the Reserve Bank of Australia.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A woman looks serious as she replies to a question, with shoulder length brown hair and glasses.\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5533d29924e1925c7b9dee3ab921f7bd.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">The RBA under Michele Bullock have consistently lifted interest rates in 2026. (AAP: Lukas Coch)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The RBA has lifted interest rates three times since the start of the year with the <a class=\"Link_link__kR0xA Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2026-06-16\/reserve-bank-keep-rates-on-hold-june-2026\/106803692\" data-component=\"Link\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/article\/106803692\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">current cash rate at 4.35 per cent.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Affordability is worth spending a moment on because it&#8217;s what counts,&#8221; Mr Taylor told 7.30.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;If you&#8217;re a young home buyer, first home buyer, the thing that matters is whether you can afford to buy a house.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;And the most important factor in that is interest rates. They are too high.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Labor told us that the era of higher interest rates was over, that they were coming down and they were going to stay down after a cut during the election campaign, and yet they&#8217;ve gone back up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;We know the critical to keeping interest rates down is to contain inflation, to contain the growth in government, to make sure we have a productive competitive economy and we don&#8217;t have that under Labor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\"><strong>Watch <\/strong><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/iview.abc.net.au\/show\/7-30\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>7.30<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Mondays to Thursdays 7:30pm on <\/strong><a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" href=\"https:\/\/iview.abc.net.au\/show\/7-30\" data-component=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>ABC iview<\/strong><\/a><strong> and ABC TV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contact 7.30<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Do you know more about this story? 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