Kara Cook (Bonner, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I'll take that interjection and say it again, if they didn't hear me in the back. Back-to-back surpluses! Meanwhile, those opposite have no economic plan, just scare campaigns and cuts—just like we've seen today. They offer no costed alternative, no vision, just the same stale male policies that failed working Australians for nearly a decade and certainly failed women.

So, when those opposite accuse Labor of being addicted to spending, here's the real question: why do they want to raise taxes on 14 million Australians? Why do they want to take away tax cuts from every woman, every worker, every family in this country? And why do they oppose targeted, funded support that actually helps Australians live better lives? Labor's plan is about fairness, it's about reward for effort and it's about helping Australians to earn more and keep more of what they earn.

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