Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Household income is higher under our government than it would've been under the alternative.

Opposition senators interjecting—

You can laugh about that, but, for starters, you went to the last election with $387 billion in higher taxes. Over the last three months, since the second week of July, the tax office has put $15.1 billion back into the pockets of hardworking Australians. Do you know why? It's because of our plan to provide income tax relief for hardworking Australians, which the Labor Party fought every step of the way, right until the end. There's $15.1 billion in tax cuts currently stimulating the economy that wouldn't have been there— (Time expired)