House debates

Monday, 1 July 2024

Questions without Notice

Cost of Living

2:50 pm

Photo of Anthony AlbaneseAnthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) | Hansard source

The decision that we made to change the tax cuts and their direction from the Liberals' tax cuts, which would have seen people miss out, will directly impact, in a positive way, members of the Fowler electorate. Every single household will benefit from the $300 reduction, every small business in her electorate will benefit from the $325 reduction, and anyone who has a child on way will benefit from the additional two weeks of paid parental leave. The elderly people in her electorate who rely upon PBS medicines will benefit directly from what we're doing with the five-year freeze for people on pensions and fixed incomes, while everyone will benefit from the one-year freeze.

In addition to that, every single worker will benefit from the increase in superannuation. All of that—higher wages and lower taxes—will benefit people in her electorate, and all of them were opposed by those opposite. I'm sure the member for Fowler will support the other changes that we have in mind, which are stuck in the Senate—like the additional money for housing, which remains there, and like the plan that we have which will only impact those people who have $3 million in super, who are more likely to be in my electorate or the electorate of Wentworth than in the electorate of Fowler. I'm sure that the member for Fowler will support the government's initiatives because they are delivering for her electorate. (Time expired)

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