Josh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

We oppose this amendment because we won't join the Labor Party in mocking Australians. We won't join the Labor Party in making light of the fact that hardworking Australians are counting on this parliament to pass our tax package in full. The Leader of the Opposition is following the losing strategy of the member for Maribyrnong and supporting higher taxes, because it's in the Labor Party's DNA to see higher taxes. The shadow cabinet today, under this Leader of the Opposition, is pretty much the same shadow cabinet that supported—wait for it!—$387 billion of higher taxes. Those were higher taxes and policies that would have hit over a million retirees. They would have seen renters pay more. They would have seen homeowners see their home be worth less. People who saved for their superannuation faced higher taxes.

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