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

I was asked about tax policy and about consistency, and the Leader of the Opposition, of course, was asked on the Today show if we walked away from the principles of stage 3. Absolutely not. The deputy leader was asked, 'Will you roll back whatever changes are made?' She said, 'Well, this is our position—this is absolutely our position!' Absolutely! The same figures and the same term I used when supporting working Australians getting a dollar an hour increase.

But today, of course, we have a different position again. In spite of the fact they were really, really going to fight it—they were going to fight this fight—what we saw yesterday was a different position again. The deputy leader was asked how they were going to pay for new changes, and she said this, 'You wouldn't expect me to pull out one ingredient or one part of tax reform, so I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to play the,"Yes, this is good; no, this is bad"—the rule in, rule out. I'm not going to do that.' She actually said that! She actually said that.

What we know from Senator Hume—it pays to look at their shadow ministry—

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