Senate debates

Monday, 29 June 2026

Questions without Notice

Income Tax

2:45 pm

Photo of Katy GallagherKaty Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) | Hansard source

Every time we have sought to provide tax relief in this chamber, One Nation and the conservative right-wing parties in Australia voted against it.

We are absolutely enthusiastic about cutting bracket creep. I have heard the Treasurer say this a number of times about returning bracket creep: we'll do it when we can, in a responsible way and we can afford to do so. We're cutting taxes five times in three different ways. We've got the tax cuts starting on Wednesday. We've got another tax cut starting 1 July the year after. We've got our instant tax deduction. We have the tax cuts that came on in 2024. We have the working Australians tax offset. These are all ways that we are making the tax system work better for working Australians. In addition to that, we've got all our investments in Medicare and cheaper medicines that we continue to roll out to help people with cost-of-living pressures.

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