Colleen Harkin on The Rita Panahi Show Sky News Australia – 4 March 2026
“We’ve felt the consequences of the overspend of government and the inflation. We’ve sat here feeling it and experiencing it. So, I don’t think anybody’s really going to cop it that just in the last couple of days has made all the difference.”
Colleen Harkin on The Bond Report Sky News Australia – 28 February 2026
“So in the year 2000, the private sector percentage of GDP was about 28%, but now these numbers have almost reversed from the year 2000. Government spending was at 21 … Sorry, GDP was at 21%, it is now at 29%. That means that we’ve got about a third of our GDP, of spending is government spending on itself.”
Colleen Harkin on The Weekly Wrap Mornings ABC Radio Melbourne – 27 February 2026
“It’s a very small, very, very small number. To your point, whatever you do is not going to change the dial all of that much and you can’t tax your way out of a housing-“
Colleen Harkin on Drive ABC Radio Melbourne – 24 February 2026
“The issue here is how much do our students understand about what Australia offers? How is it we’re different, and why they have every right to feel proud?”
Colleen Harkin on The Rita Panahi Show Sky News Australia – 23 February 2026
“Well, I think we just saw why. When you see people like Senator Payman doing all of that, the average Australian is looking at and going, “This is not my country.” And that they have seen that over a long sustained period of time, One Nation have championed the causes of the average Australian and national pride and national security.”
Colleen Harkin on The Rita Panahi Show Sky News Australia – 17 February 2026
“This is a revenue grab, it’s an obvious revenue grab from Aussies who are just trying to get ahead. They’ve put enough money together to get an investment property. They’re trying to make themselves completely independent of government dependency and all power to them.”
