House debates Questions without Notice
Taxation
Warren Truss Wide Bay, National Party, Leader of the Nationals
2:57 pm
My question is to the Treasurer. Why is an X-type Jaguar excluded from Labor’s increased luxury car tax but a Toyota Landcruiser for a shearer is not?
Wayne Swan Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer
There are a couple of issues here. First of all, the vast majority of four-wheel drives are not impacted at all; and, secondly, there were some fuel-efficient measures put into the bill because of the unconstructive attitude of those opposite.
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Wayne Swan Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer
And, if those opposite want to be critical of that, it is entirely their fault.