Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, what you're saying is that you're trying to address it. You're trying to just make it appear as if it's not much money. It's $3 billion—that's how much we're talking about—a year. What I want to know is: how do you intend address this? Australians are taxed to the hilt. They can't make it stretch anymore; they cannot meet their means. This government is putting us into a $1.2 trillion debt. The only way you can do it is to increase productivity, which we've seen decline. There's no investment in Australia whatsoever. The only other way you are going to do it is by increasing taxes. We cannot afford this tax on the Australian people. I'm asking: How do you intend to rein in the $3 billion that has been rorted out of the system? What are your answers to it?