House debates

Thursday, 4 June 2026

Matters of Public Importance

Budget

3:51 pm

Photo of Andrew WillcoxAndrew Willcox (Dawson, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing and Sovereign Capability) | Hansard source

My mother used to get up very early in the morning and make our lunches and breakfasts, and then she used to go over into the shed and pack fruit. She would work all day and then, for afternoon tea break, come home and make sure we kids got some afternoon tea. Then she'd go back and pack fruit. Then, after work, she'd come home, cook everyone dinner and clean up. Then, after we kids went to bed, she used to actually have to go into the office and do the bookwork. That is how hard it is on farms. That is how hard the farmers work. My father was the same. He was out working the fields from daylight to dusk.

While they were doing that and developing the business, they never had any extra money to put into super. The farm was their super. But now, with these new changes that the government has just brought in, people like my parents won't have that same opportunity, because the capital gains will then tax them out of existence. This is simply not fair. Those opposite just cannot get away with this. But I can understand, because of my questions earlier, that the reason this has happened—

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