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

Well, I don't know Josh, but the member does, I assume. I was certainly working when I was 16, and so are lots of Australians. That's part of the point. Part of the point here is that a whole lot of part-time workers will now get a tax cut, and one of the reasons why Treasury estimated that our design of the tax cuts would increase workforce participation is just that. It was designed to provide cost-of-living support at the same time as not putting pressure on inflation. I certainly wish Josh well. I know that many families are doing it really tough, but they would be doing it tougher if the inflation rate were the same as the one that we inherited, which was six per cent.

We are delivering increased wages, tax cuts, energy bill relief and a freeze on medicines. We're making a substantial difference with all these practical measures, all of which were opposed by those opposite and voted against by the member for Durack.

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