House debates

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Bills

Appropriation Bill (No. 3) 2013-2014, Appropriation Bill (No. 4) 2013-2014, Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2013-2014; Second Reading

8:21 pm

Photo of Shayne NeumannShayne Neumann (Blair, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Exactly. They get rid of the low-income superannuation contribution, which helps working families earning less than $37,000 a year, but support the wealthy in this country who have more than $2 million in superannuation assets—about 16,000 of them. Talk about class warfare! There is class warfare being perpetrated, perpetuated and prosecuted over there.

Mr Husic interjecting

In the legislation before us it is quite clear. So let's see what they do on paid parental leave. What this really shows is that those opposite have an agenda against middle- and low-income earners in this country.

Ms Henderson interjecting

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