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

No, I cannot confirm any of the numbers used by the member who asked the question, but I can certainly confirm that, by the actions of the opposition in the Senate, you are going to hit two income earners in a household on average earnings something like $1,200 in total by denying them this tax relief, Mr Speaker, and you are going to do that precisely at the time that they have finally got a bit of relief in terms of the Reserve Bank decision to cut interest rates. They are getting the money in one pocket and you are taking it out of the other, Mr Speaker—

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