Penny Allman-Payne (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

But Minister, isn't it the case that rather than tackle the hard things like making one in three big corporations who pay no tax, pay tax—rather than having the courage to stand up to them and make them pay their fair share so that there's more money in the bucket to pay the people who have unlawfully made overpayments, and as I said, there are people who paid thousands more than they should have—the resolution scheme caps at $600. Why is the government always taking the easy out and making the most vulnerable in our country either get less compensation or pay more, rather than tackling the hard stuff? Why don't you tax the one in three big corporations who aren't paying any so that you've more in the tin, to make sure that everybody gets the help and the compensation they deserve?