Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

In the same budget, they hit low-income earners earning less than $31,920 for another $295 million. Then in the 2011 budget they hit the same people, earning $31,920 or less—another $195 million. Just to finish it off, in the following Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook they hit the same people with another $1 billion hit. In total, when they were in government the Labor Party hit people with superannuation with $9 billion of extra taxes. By the way, if the Labor Party really believe this is hurting Australians they should stand up here and reverse it. Stand up here and say that you will immediately reverse it if you are elected at the next election! Alternatively, say that you will back our PPL scheme, which pays superannuation for women. But spare us the hypocrisy of yet another failed Labor government, because the Labor Party has—

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