Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The 65-year-old worker that wrote to the Devonport paper would expect a member of parliament not to begin her question with a falsehood. She knows very well that what she said about me—what she claimed I said—is not true. It is the Labor Party that says if you're 60 and you're an aged-care worker you can't aspire to earn more, to get a promotion, to get more training, to go from being a nurse to a manager, or to go from being a personal care assistant to a nurse. It's the Labor Party, the party the honourable member is a member of, that wants to keep those workers in their place.

There used to be a time when the Labor Party stood up for workers. There used to be a time when the Labor Party was all about aspiration, when they weren't mystified by aspiration, and when they believed in people getting ahead. Now we have a Labor Party that has voted against Australian workers keeping more of the money they earn.

They've described tax relief as a giveaway. Mr Speaker, do you know why? Because they think that every dollar Australians earn belongs to the government, so, when you reduce tax, the government is giving money away. Well, let me advise the out-of-touch members opposite that Australians believe the money they earn is theirs. It's their hard-earned money, and what they want to do is be able to keep more of it.

Mr Hill interjecting—

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