Michael Keenan (Stirling, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

This is another one of the bills that the government introduced into this House a mere 24 hours ago. The Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge) Bill 2008 provides for a number of amendments to the A New Tax System (Medicare Levy Surcharge—Fringe Benefits) Act 1999 and to the Medicare Levy Act 1986. It is with great audacity that the government is bringing on debate on this bill less than 24 hours after it was introduced. It is a tactic of a government that is under pressure; a government that is desperate to divert parliamentary attention away from their woeful attempt and lack of plausible policy to help Australians—singles, pensioners, families—cope with ever-climbing fuel prices.

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