Ms Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government) Share this | Hansard source

I thank very much the member for Bendigo for her question. The member, of course, is correct: the Albanese Labor government's tax cuts are good news for Australian taxpayers living in the regions, and that of course includes the 66,000 taxpayers living in the member's electorate of Bendigo, who will receive an average tax cut of over $1,424 from 1 July. It's a similar story all across regional Australia: ninety per cent of regional taxpayers are getting a bigger tax cut under Labor's plans.

Labor's tax cuts are good for taxpayers all across the country, but they are particularly important for those of us who live in the regions. Regional Australians know that our tax cut is a better plan for regional taxpayers. The only people who don't actually get that are sitting opposite me here. We recognise that a lot of people are doing it tough and taxpayers need relief. That relief is exactly what our bigger tax cuts for middle Australia will help to deliver.

We do know that, when asked if the opposition would roll back Labor's tax cuts, we had the Deputy Leader of the Opposition saying, 'Well, this is our position. This is absolutely our position.' This is funny little thing called TV—

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