Zaneta Mascarenhas (Swan, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

One year ago, the Liberal Party rejected income tax cuts. Ten months ago, the Australian people elected the biggest Labor majority government ever. Five days ago, South Australians elected another Labor government—four South Australian Liberals were elected to the lower house. If you can't tell, I'm doing the numbers. The final number I'll share is that 14 million Australians now have a tax cut because of the Labor government.

This government has been focused on one practical objective: making sure that we are working for Australians to keep more of what they earn. That is exactly what our tax cuts are doing. They are delivering real relief to millions of working Australians, relief that the opposition tried to block. When these tax cuts came before the parliament, there was a clear choice, and Australians knew who stood with them. We are the party of lower taxes. We are also the party that wants to see wage earnings increase, whether that's for the minimum wage, aged-care workers or childcare workers. We have people's back pockets, and we have their backs. We will continue to work hard every day to make sure we do that.