Nita Green (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) | Hansard source

It's very good to be here on 1 July, because we know what that means to Australians. We know that today the Albanese Labor government is delivering a tax cut to every Australian taxpayer. This comes at a time when we know that Australians are doing it tough. It's incredibly important to be helping every Australian with cost-of-living relief, and that's why we are delivering a tax cut to every taxpayer. That means that 2.8 million Queenslanders will be getting a tax cut today because of the Labor government. We also know that 87 per cent of those taxpayers will be receiving a larger tax cut from the Albanese Labor government than what was proposed by those opposite. The Albanese Labor government is delivering a tax cut for every taxpayer, not just some.

I'm also really pleased to see in this delivery of cost-of-living relief that more women will be receiving a tax cut under this proposal. It's incredibly important that this comes at the same time that our government is delivering cheaper child care, cheaper medicines, fee-free TAFE and urgent care clinics around the country. All of this work is designed to help Australians with the cost of living, because we're focused on that on this side of the chamber.

Of course, it's incredibly important that, at the same time we're delivering a tax cut for every single taxpayer, 2.6 million low-paid workers around the country will be receiving an increase in their pay thanks to the minimum wage rise backed in by this government. That's what happens when you have a government committed to making sure that workers are earning what they deserve and getting a pay rise. Unlike those opposite, we support low-paid workers.