Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I reckon the member for Wentworth is going to be pretty happy because at least he has got the Leader of the Opposition to ask a question on the economy! So I do welcome that question. I welcome that question about tax because I am very happy to talk about tax. I am very happy to talk about the record of our government compared to your government. You came from a government which had the highest tax in history—the highest taxing government in Australian history. Tax to GDP peaked at 24.2 per cent under the Howard government and—

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