Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the fact that the government's petrol tax hike raises $19 billion over the next decade. Why does the Prime Minister think that improving the budget bottom line by $14 billion over 10 years is a tax grab but raising $19 billion in new taxes from low- and middle-income earners is fair? Is the Prime Minister aware that 19 billion is a bigger number than 14 billion?

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