House debates

Tuesday, 2 June 2026

Bills

Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill 2026, Income Tax Rates Amendment (Tax Reform No. 1) Bill 2026; Reference to Committee

4:09 pm

Photo of Dan TehanDan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction) | Hansard source

No, I don't even think ChatGPT was involved. I think they just made it up on the run. We've had the government's own officials state the real reasons they've done things in this budget: they wanted more revenue. They wanted more revenue, because the government can't stop spending. So we need to be able to ask those officials—to get them in and say: 'You've said that this was all about the government wanting more revenue. What is this going to mean? And what's the impact going to be on something like housing?'—because the budget papers show quite clearly that it's going to lead to less housing.

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