Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

It is an entirely legitimate question because the member for Wentworth had been backgrounding at the time how much he opposed the policy—I think the member for Higgins as well, supported by the member for Flinders. I think, on the calculations put forward by those opposite at the time, they said that this would assist working families by about $2 a week. I think that was the figure used by the Leader of the Opposition. I would say this to those opposite: the measure you are about to vote against in the Senate on the Medicare levy surcharge equals about $20 a week. That is about $1,200 a year based on the income profile I referred to earlier in the question.

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