Luke Hartsuyker (Cowper, National Party, Deputy Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the good member for her question. I must say that I am feeling the love. I spent two years in the employment portfolio and I had one question. I have already got my first question just within a couple of months so I am indeed feeling the love from the members opposite.

What I can say is that we are committed to a tax system that is going to take this country forward. We are committed to a tax system that is going to provide a growing economy and it is a growing economy that is going to provide opportunities for Australians to get into work. You can see the fruits of the government's efforts with the fall in the unemployment rate. I do not hear those opposite asking about what the good news is about the fall in the unemployment rate. We only hear them trying to mount a scare campaign on taxes.

We are about a tax system that is going to meet the needs of Australia in the 21st century. They are about looking through the rear-view mirror—

Mr Thistlethwaite interjecting—

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