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

One of the reasons why the member for Sturt is such a good local member is the member for Sturt, in conjunction with everyone on this side of the House, is delivering tax cuts for every one of the working people in Sturt.

I know that in Sturt there are 93,000 taxpayers who are getting a tax cut from this local member and this Prime Minister, and his government, because of her work. And every single one of those 93,000 taxpayers in Sturt would not be getting a tax cut if those opposite had their way. And the same goes for the 80,000 workers in Sturt who will be getting the working Australians tax offset, which is at the core of our tax reform agenda in the budget.

Now, the member for Sturt, and every single member of this government, has seen a distortion in the housing market that needs to be addressed because, for too long now, the way that our housing market has interacted with our tax system has locked out too many people, particularly young people, from the great Australian dream of owning their own home. So, whether it's the member for Sturt or every single member on this side of the House we've decided not to neglect that or deny that or delay that and consign another generation of Australians to a broken status quo. We have chosen collectively to do something about it and we're proud of that.

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