Mark Arbib (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery) Share this | Hansard source

We know now that the greatest threat to jobs in this country is the coalition and, certainly, its off-the-back-of-the-envelope commitments. Senator Joyce let the cat out of the bag this week in terms of paid parental leave. In the Herald Sun he admitted, finally:

We have to acknowledge that this is a tax.

He is talking about Mr Abbott’s paid parental leave scheme. It is a tax. We know about it—a great big new tax that is going to impact on jobs and business and rise costs for consumers. He went on to say:

It would rise the cost of products. It would rise the cost for consumers.

That is the shadow finance spokesperson.