House debates

Thursday, 12 November 2015

Matters of Public Importance

Goods and Services Tax

3:09 pm

Photo of Chris BowenChris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

There goes the compensation, as the shadow minister for finance points out. If you are a pensioner, a carer or a veteran, you are not often in the personal income tax system and therefore you need some other compensation. If every dollar goes on tax cuts, then there is no compensation for pensioners, no compensation for carers and no compensation for veterans.

So either the Treasurer is wrong, which I suspect he is—

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