Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

No. That's the answer to the question. The Leader of the Opposition is engaged in a desperate overreach. That's what he's engaged in. I tell you what our plans are doing: they're putting people back into work. Whether it's the plans that we want to put in place to make sensible changes that actually help businesses to employ people; whether it's changes that are actually building the skills of the Australian workforce; whether it's the revitalisation of the Australian manufacturing industry, which is the technology roadmap, some $18 billion invested over the next decade that will transform the global economy, working with other partners around the world—all of these things are reducing the cost to households by reducing their tax burden. And it's not just for individuals but also for businesses going out there, taking risks to put Australians back into work. We're cutting red tape and seeing the transformation of the digital economy in Australia, which is so critical. The instant expensing—

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