Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

And that will be the vote that they will face. Let's not forget: they'd already promised that this bill was going to go through last month. That was the election promise that they are already in breach of. Now they have an opportunity today—tonight—to vote as to whether the tax cuts will apply only to certain workers or to every Australian worker. We say bring on that debate. Let's have it tonight and sort out the amendments tonight, but, if the government refuses to give every Australian worker a tax cut, we will send the bill to the Senate and continue to pursue those amendments there.

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