Senate debates

Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Questions without Notice

Small Business

2:27 pm

Photo of Tim AyresTim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) | Hansard source

They don't like it when Australians earn more and they don't like it when they keep more of what they earn. I wasn't sure what 'egregious' meant. I was sure it must have meant 'good'! So I had a look at it in the dictionary, and I can tell you the etymology of 'egregious'. It is used by Australians 0.7 times for every million words that are issued. You're just so lucky, Liberals! You're just so lucky that Senator Hume chose to say—

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