Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I'm completely addressing taxes. On this side what we have done is introduce legislation to lower taxes for individuals but to lower taxes as well for businesses by changing the FBT provision. But those opposite have made a decision to support higher taxes, and it's not surprising, given they were all over the shop. It probably came down in the end to the key, killer point raised by one of those opposite, perhaps the member for Hume, 'We can't do this, because remember, if more people have electric vehicles, it'll end the weekend'—remember that?—'and no-one wants to do that.' That is the former government's position and quite clearly what the current opposition's position is as well. What they need to do is to recognise the fact that there has been a change. This is a government that's about efficiency, that's about delivering for Australian families, that's about delivering for Australian workers and that's about shaping the future, not being shaped by it.

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