House debates

Tuesday, 28 March 2017

Personal Explanations

4:12 pm

Photo of Andrew LeighAndrew Leigh (Fenner, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I am not; I am simply explaining why I would not agree with the Prime Minister's statement. Tax rates on someone earning 167 per cent of average earnings mark us 13th of 34 countries in the OECD. Australia does not have extremely high personal income tax rates. The Prime Minister is wrong when he says that I would agree with that statement.

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