Senate debates Questions without Notice

Gas Industry: Taxation


Penny Allman-Payne

Penny Allman-Payne Queensland, Australian Greens

2:36 pm

If this Labor government simply chose to tax gas exports at 25 per cent, we could raise $17 billion a year to go towards public housing, affordable groceries and social security. Minister, knowing that your government could choose to end poverty if it chose to, how is it acceptable that you continue to allow income support recipients to die from government-induced poverty?

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