Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Labor's budget of broken promises and higher, toxic taxes will impose $77 billion of new taxes on Australians. Why does this prime minister, the leader of this dishonest government, want to pull up the ladder on hardworking Australians?

Milton Dick (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The member for Isaacs will leave the chamber under 94(a). That means leave immediately. We're not having people yelling during questions. I've made that crystal clear all week.

The member for Isaacs then left the chamber .

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) | Link to this | Hansard source

We understand that Australians are under financial pressure, which is why we're not just identifying issues. We're actually doing something about it. In the Senate right now, there are bells ringing. And the bell is tolling for all those opposite, because those opposite, all three right-wing parties, are voting in the Senate against tax cuts for every Australian—for every Australian worker.

Hon. Members:

Honourable members interjecting—

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) | Link to this | Hansard source

Just next week, there'll be a tax cut for all 14 million Australian taxpayers. We know that that is a change that was not only opposed by those opposite. They didn't just vote against it; they said they'd repeal it. We know that there'll be a real increase in the minimum wage. We know that those opposite have never supported minimum-wage workers. We know there's expansion of paid parental leave to a full six months. We know, as well, that from next week our 137 Medicare urgent care clinics will be made permanent.

This is a time of significant global uncertainty. The war in Iran has caused the biggest spike in the price of petrol and diesel in history. But Australia has shown remarkable resilience. In the data that's out just this month, economic growth is up, business investment is up, inflation is down—and today unemployment is down.

Those opposite talk Australia down at every opportunity. They're defined by what they're against. The last time they asked a question about the impact of this global crisis from the Strait of Hormuz was, appropriately, 1 April. Since then, there's been nothing to see here—just crickets from those opposite—even though we have more fuel in Australia today than there was on 28 February, even though prior to Easter they were saying it wasn't a case of whether there'd be rationing but what date or why it hasn't been done already. That was what they were saying. The opposition have not asked a single question about this. They talk Australia down. We build Australia up.

Milton Dick (Speaker) | Link to this | Hansard source

Noise levels were a little too loud in that answer, so I'm going to ask everyone to lower their interjections.