House debates Questions without Notice
Superannuation: Taxation
Sussan Ley Farrer, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Women
2:09 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. Did the Prime Minister promise the Australian people on 2 May 2022, 'We have no intention to make any super changes'?
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
2:10 pm
I thank the member for her question. The member would be aware that the super changes we have announced do not take effect until 2025—that is after the next election. I do thank the Deputy Leader for the opportunity to speak about the promises that we made at the election and what we've delivered—
Milton Dick Speaker
Order! The member for Fisher will cease interjecting.
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
because just yesterday we delivered on another commitment of an improvement in paid parental leave. It was promised and delivered. We've delivered on cheaper medicines—promised and delivered.
Milton Dick Speaker
The Prime Minister will pause, and I will hear from the deputy leader on a point of order.
Sussan Ley Farrer, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Women
On relevance, Mr Speaker: the question just could not have been any tighter—there was no scope for preamble: did the Prime Minister say those words or not? And we seek your guidance, Mr Speaker, on bringing the Prime Minister back to the question.
Milton Dick Speaker
The Prime Minister has been going for less than a minute. He's entitled to a preamble. The question was about a quote that he made. I will bring him back to that question and ask him to return to it.
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
We've made our priority clear on superannuation, which is what the question is about.
Peter Dutton Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
Did you make the statement?
Milton Dick Speaker
Order! The Leader of the Opposition will cease interjecting.
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
Once again, you have more angry ranting. What happened to the smile? You were going to smile more, Peter. What happened to happy Peter? Where has it gone?
Peter Dutton Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
Where's the integrity?
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
So much anger. So much vitriol.
Milton Dick Speaker
The House will come to order. The Prime Minister will return to the question.
Opposition members interjecting—
Order! There's far too much noise on my left.
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
I'm responding to the interjections, Mr Speaker. It's hard to respond when someone's just yelling nonstop from go to whoa. I'll tell you what we won't do. We've said what we will do on super, something that will impact one-half of one per cent of Australians and that's supported not just by those opposite—
Milton Dick Speaker
The Prime Minister will pause. The member for Fairfax will withdraw that comment.
Ted O'Brien Fairfax, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy
I withdraw.
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
We are a government for all Australians. They are a government for one-half of one per cent of Australians. I encourage them to go to the wall for that one-half of one per cent. I encourage the Leader of the Opposition to go to the Liberal Party launch on Sunday, to stand up and introduce Dominic Perrottet as the Premier of New South Wales and to say that this is the hill they're going to die on.