Anne Aly (Cowan, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Early Childhood Education) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Bennelong, who continues to make such a valued contribution in this place that I'm sure the people of Bennelong appreciate. The 92,000 taxpayers in Bennelong also appreciate the Albanese government's tax cuts which will see them get an average of $1,782 in tax cuts with the Labor government's plan.

Hardworking Australians are under pressure right now, and that's why we're delivering tax cuts for every Australian to help with the cost of living and alleviate some of that pressure. Labor's tax cuts come on top of billions of dollars in cost-of-living relief, including our cheaper childcare reforms, which the recent ACCC review confirms decreased out-of-pocket expenses by 11 per cent on average. Tax cuts are good for middle Australia, they're good for women, and they're good for the economy. They are what the Treasurer calls a better way—a better way that sees working women in Australia get, on average, a tax cut of $1,649 a year; a better way that sees hardworking early childhood educators on $46,000 a year getting a tax cut of $829.

Under the previous plan, how much do you think an early childhood educator got in a tax cut? Zero—not a dollar, not a cent. Under Labor's plan, an early childhood teacher who earns $69,000 a year—

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