Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The facts are very simple. Tax as a percentage of GDP in the budget is 23.8 per cent, down from 24.7 per cent. You can selectively quote any figure you like but you cannot escape from that one fact. While we are on it, the opposition are in here saying that they do not agree with tax increases anywhere. What about your proposal to abolish what we are going to do about the Medicare levy surcharge, imposing another tax on Australians? They are all hypocrites; they are all over the place; they do not have a standard position on anything.

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