Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Moore is an absolute champion for the working people of the west, and that's what this budget is about; it's a budget for workers. The tax reform package in the budget is all about levelling the playing field and better aligning the tax treatment of workers compared with people who receive their income from other legitimate sources. It's about helping more Australians recognise the dream of homeownership by getting a toehold in the property market. That's what makes it a very aspirational tax reform package. We understand, on this side of the House, there's nothing aspirational about stacking the deck against younger Australians. And that's what the tax system does now in the way that it interacts with the housing market.

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