Greg Combet (Charlton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Chifley once again. He represents the area where I grew up—Rooty Hill—and I am very proud, having grown up in Western Sydney, that the government is providing very strong assistance to households in Western Sydney.

In the seat of Chifley 58,000 taxpayers will receive a tax cut, 19,000 families will receive an increase in payments—that is, family tax benefit payments—and 24,400 pensioners will receive an increase in the pension. In the seat of Parramatta, in Western Sydney, 55,000 taxpayers will receive a tax cut, 43,300 families will receive family tax benefit increases and 22,100 pensioners will receive an increase in the pension. In the seat of Greenway, in Western Sydney, 55,000 taxpayers will get a tax cut, 13,500 families will receive an increase in family tax benefits and 17,000 pensioners will receive a pension increase.

These are the facts: this is a Labor government, and we are introducing an extremely important environmental and economic reform in a socially equitable, socially fair manner that looks after the people of Western Sydney, and we are proud to do it.

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