Aug 12, 2026 – 5.58pmLiberal frontbencher Andrew Bragg has urged his party to start taking risks, including advocating deep spending cuts and staring down the Trump administration by taxing US tech giants, as a way of rebuilding a moribund economy and restoring the Coalition’s ailing fortunes.In a speech to the National Press Club on Wednesday, the NSW senator strayed well beyond his housing and environment portfolios as he warned the nation was “becoming like Argentina”, a once prosperous economy similar to Australia’s, but which squandered its opportunities and declined.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles