Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. If the deficit levy on high-income earners was necessary when the deficit for the coming year was $2.8 billion, in Joe Hockey's first budget, why isn't it necessary when the deficit for the same year is $29.4 billion, or 10 times bigger, in this budget?

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