Jim Chalmers (Rankin, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The first point I would make is if the shadow Treasurer cared about the cost of living, he wouldn't be the first shadow Treasurer in living memory to take to an election a policy to increase income taxes on every single Australian taxpayer. That's the first and most obvious point.

In relation to petrol, what we did on Tuesday night from this despatch box was to find a way to give ongoing cost-of-living relief to every Australian taxpayer. That combination of cost-of-living relief—

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