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

My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to reports that the Treasurer's colleagues are saying that his job could be on the line if he does not succeed with this year's budget—with one frontbench colleague saying: 'He'll need to perform or he's out.' Is that why the Treasurer is so desperate to pass his $50 billion handout to big business, instead of protecting the penalty rates of ordinary Australians?

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