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

That business would face, were Labor to become the government, an increase in their tax. This is a strong Tasmanian business. It's the type of business that Tasmanians are proud of: family owned, longstanding. It's a construction company. It's building houses, schools and all sorts of facilities there on the north-west, and that is a company that we are backing, as we are backing thousands of other Australian companies. What does the Labor Party have to say to them? 'Pay more tax.' That's what the Leader of the Opposition wants them to do. This announcement was made today by him without any reference to his shadow cabinet or caucus. We remember the moment when the member for McMahon was asked what Labor's approach to our small and medium family company tax cuts would be, and he said:

We have further policy announcements to make which will be in this space …

There was no 'we' in the space today. It was just the Leader of the Opposition, with a captain's call, seeking to counterattack against the member for Grayndler. The only job he's interested in is his own. (Time expired)

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