On the 28th of November I gave a speech about properly taxing the resources industry to address the cost of living crisis.

Big corporations are making billions in profits while everyone else is struggling. 

Millions of people across this country are struggling to keep their heads above water, and no corporation should hoard billions of profits while three million people are in poverty. We need to stop big corporations from ripping people off so we can fund real cost-of-living relief for all of us.

Norway properly taxes the profits of oil and gas corporations to pay for universal education, health care and services that benefit everyone. There are examples around the world and even in Australia's own past of bold actions that have improved people's lives. Band-aid solutions just don't cut it. 

People know a better world is possible and, as we struggle through this cost-of-living crisis, they know the only barrier to help now is the political one. We can't keep voting for the same two parties who take millions in donations from the big corporations fuelling these problems and expect different results. 

If we properly taxed these fossil fuel giants and multinational corporations, we could afford to improve everyone's lives. Bringing dental and mental health care into Medicare, making uni and TAFE free again and building 100 per cent publicly owned renewable power to bring down electricity bills—this is all possible if we have a government that's actually willing to be bold. 

The best way to keep out the Liberal and National parties and to stop the rise of the far right in this country and across the world is to implement policies that tackle big corporate interests and make the economy work for everyone again, not just those at the top. 

The two-party system must end.