Josh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Well, there was $34 billion of extra taxes on super. There was $31 billion of extra taxes on housing. And there was a $57 billion retirees tax that would hit some one million Australians—including around 7,000 in Eden-Monaro—and would leave those Australians on average $2,200 a year worse off. It would have heavily hit women and lower income earners. The Alliance for a Fairer Retirement System said Labor's policy was a 'cruel blow', the end result of which would be to 'drive many retirees on to welfare'.

Now, I read today that the member for Rankin is blaming the media for his irrelevance. How delusional and desperate can you get? He didn't ask me a question all last week and he hasn't asked me a question this week. The member for Rankin has his eyes on only one job, but he can't even do his.

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