So you helped vote Labor out. Here’s something to think about.

How will you feel when the reality of an Abbott Government hits home? How will you feel when it starts to hurt your pocket? How will you feel if the interest rate goes up on your mortgage, bearing in mind that Joe Hockey – during Labor’s term – repeatedly claimed that low interest rates were a bad thing? And how will you feel when the boats won’t stop? And how would you feel . . .

If you have school-aged children…

Under Labor you would have received the Schoolkids Bonus of $410 a year for each child in primary school and $820 a year for each child in secondary school. That’ll be gone. The Coalition will be axing the Schoolkids Bonus.

If you have children in after school care… Labor would have given $450 million in extra funding to up to 500 schools, so they can introduce or expand on after school care services. Under an Abbott Government that’ll be gone too. If you want to go to university… If you are from a disadvantaged background, Labor would have given $50 million in funding to 17 higher education institutions to boost participation. An Abbott Government won’t. If you’re an apprentice… Labor would have boosted the completion payment under the Tools For Your Trade initiative from $1500 to $2000. The Abbott Coalition Government will be scrapping those incentives. Instead they will be providing apprentices with a Trade Support Loan of up to $20,000 over four years during the apprenticeship. It will be repayable. If you’re a low income earner… And you earn less than $19,400, from 2015-16 you would not have needed to file a tax return because Labor intended to increase the tax free threshold. An Abbott Government will abolish the low income super contribution, which pays people who earn $37,000 or less per year up to $500 each financial year to help save for their retirement. You lose. If you’re unemployed… Labor would have spent $35 million over three years to provide about 8900 disadvantaged job seekers with simulated work experience and training in employability skills such as language, literacy and numeracy. An Abbott Government won’t. If you work in the public service… Yours might be on of the 12,000 jobs that go. They say they will be lost through natural attrition. Doesn’t matter: it’s a job lost . . . for someone else. If you’re a small-business owner… Labor would have given an upfront tax deduction for small businesses when they buy equipment and assets worth up to $10,000. But not Tony Abbott. Instead, his Government will axe a $6500 instant asset write off for small businesses with a turnover of less than $2 million. They will also axe a tax-loss carry-forward scheme, which allows businesses to claim losses of up to $1 million against tax they have paid in the previous two years. If you work in health or community services… Labor would have spent $30.6 million to support more than 5800 workers to be upskilled in sectors such as disability services, aged care and childhood education. These industries will be ignored by an Abbott Government. If you work in the car industry… Labor would have given a $500 million boost to the car industry funding to the end of the decade and $300 million a year beyond 2020. Not Tony Abbott: his Government will cut $500 million from the Automotive Transformation Scheme. If you’re in a same sex relationship… Labor would have introduced a Bill into the Parliament to legalise same-sex marriage. As long as Tony Abbott is Prime Minister, this will never happen. If you use the internet… Labor would have rolled out the National Broadband Network which aimed for speeds of 1000 megabits per second by 2021. Not Tony Abbott: his broadband would aim for at least 25-100 Mbps by 2016 and 50-100 Mbps by 2019. And don’t forget his secret plan to filter the internet. Be careful of what you say – he’ll be listening. Then comes the knock on your door. If you’re planning on having a baby… Then I hope you’re on at least $150,000 a year. If not, you’ll be treated as a second class citizen. If you are an Indigenous Australian… Labor promised a large number of measures under its Closing the Gap policy, including $777 million over three years to continue the National Partnership Agreement for health and $1.5 billion to provide job seekers in remote communities with local support. Tony Abbott will be cutting $42 million from Indigenous services. You could talk to him about it when he stays in your community for a week. If you have a disability… Labor would have invested more than $14 billion for disability services over seven years for DisabilityCare. Do you really believe an Abbott Government will? If you require aged care… Labor would have invested $3.7 billion in aged care reform over five years, including more than 40,000 extra home care packages. Abbott won’t. He’ll blame the budget emergency. If you’re a victim of assault… … that is sexual assault or domestic violence related, Labor would have spent $31.2 million to support victims. You can forget that now. If you have health issues… Labor would spent $50 million to improve care for stroke sufferers, $10.5 million on emergency asthma training, $3.2 million funding for Arthritis Australia, $21 million for family mental health services and $30 million for STI and blood borne virus prevention. You can say goodbye to that. Abbott’s budget emergency will ensure you’ll receive no help. Rich mothers will though. If you pay super… The Coalition will delay increases to the super guarantee. This means it will be frozen at its current rate of 9.25 per cent until July 1, 2016 when it will increase to 9.5 per cent. I repeat: when the reality of an Abbott Government hits home, how will you feel?

