Alice Jordan-Baird (Gorton, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Australia is the country of the Bunnings sausage sizzle, meat pies and having a fair go. But, most of all, we're home to the world's best game: Aussie Rules footy. I've been the ruck of a local AFL team in the western suburbs—shout-out to the West Footscray Roosters—so prepare yourselves for some footy lingo. We are patriotic to the game. We call out 'Ball!' at the MCG with a Carlton Draught in hand. We are the country of having a fair go—and what's more Australian than tax cuts for every single Australian?

Today marks a year since the Leader of the Opposition first flagged that the coalition would vote against Labor's tax cuts. Now, that doesn't sound very Australian to me. Today is a reminder to every Australian that the Leader of the Opposition wants you to pay higher taxes. They can change their frontbench as much as the AFL changes their rules, but it makes no difference. The coalition still have no game plan.

The Leader of the Opposition reckons Labor's tax cuts are a cruel hoax. But I'll tell you about a real cruel hoax: watching Collingwood and St Kilda replay the 2010 grand final. Our tax cuts are real cost-of-living relief for every single Australian around the country, and this makes a real difference to my community in the western suburbs of Melbourne, where these tax cuts have meant 83,000 taxpayers are saving over $2,000 each. Now that's real cost-of-living relief for Aussies around the country, and what's more Australian than that?