Renee Coffey (Griffith, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

It's his passion, Deputy Speaker. I hear your passion, Member for Kennedy. Labor has increased the Medicare levy low-income threshold so that more than one million Australians on lower incomes continue to be exempt from the levy or pay a reduced rate. We have also boosted the low-income superannuation tax offset from 1 July next year, benefiting 1.3 million Australians, around 60 per cent of them women.

Families deserve support, and we already have tools to provide it, like the family tax benefit. Part A helps with everyday costs of raising children while part B supports single parents, grandparent carers and some couple families with one main income. That's targeted support which recognises need directly without distorting the income tax system.

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