Tania Lawrence (Hasluck, Australian Labor Party) | Hansard source

People in Hasluck and all over the country are looking forward to this parliament passing the Albanese government's cost-of-living tax cuts. I've said before that these tax cuts are so popular that this coalition, which thrives on the politics of fear, is too fearful to vote against the Treasury Laws Amendment (Cost of Living Tax Cuts) Bill 2024.

But something else is also becoming apparent now: the coalition members have had an epiphany. They are now secretly relieved to vote for this bill because they can now try to take credit for it. The member for Hume, for example, has realised he can go back to his electorate and tell the nurses there who are on a taxable income of around $76,000 that they will get a cut of $1,629. The member for Farrer, who wasn't so sure about the tax cuts yesterday, is enlightened now and can go back and tell the teachers in her electorate on $80,000 that they will receive a tax cut of $1,779. The member for Dickson can't wait, because he can now tell the police officers serving in Dickson on $102,000 that they will receive a tax cut of $2,229 from 1 July this year. I'm having a vision of a great conga line of coalition members all around Australia going back to talk up and speak about the brilliant Albanese Labor government tax-cut relief bill that this is. It's good for taxpayers, good for household budgets and good for the economy.

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