Richard Marles (Corio, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for his question and acknowledge his service in the Australian Army and his ongoing commitment to advocating on the part of the men and women of Australia's Defence Force, particularly those who serve at RAAF Base Edinburgh in his electorate. Every member of the Australian Defence Force will receive a tax cut under Labor's tax plan. Every public servant in the Department of Defence and every person working in Australia's defence industry will receive a tax cut, meaning that those people who are serving our nation will take home more of what they earn.

For example, a lieutenant logistics officer at HMAS Stirling in Rockingham will take home a tax cut of more than $2,500. A lance corporal at 3 Brigade in Townsville will take home a tax cut of $1,861. In the member's own electorate, an air defence guard at RAAF Base Edinburgh will take home a tax cut of $1,876. A defence civilian worker at the School of Infantry in Singleton will take home a tax cut of $1,463, which is more than twice the tax cut that person would have had under the policy of those opposite.

Not by word, but by action, it is now completely clear that those opposite—

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