Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

If I am allowed to finish, Senator Brandis, I will explain to you that one of the options open to the government is to provide relief in terms of personal taxation as a way of distributing that revenue from the taxation. But it is also true that people like pensioners, for instance, are not necessarily paying tax and, therefore, a compensation arrangement which was only based on taxation reductions would not assist those people. We made it very clear that one of our priorities would be to assist the most disadvantaged in our community and people like pensioners and families doing it tough. So taxation is one of the options the government will look at in meeting its broader commitment.