Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister.

Government Members:

Government members interjecting—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order!

Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Will the Prime Minister rule out any changes in the budget to the tax treatment of work expenses?

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! I could not hear the shadow Treasurer's question. Out of respect for him, I'm going to ask him to repeat it so I can hear, and the whole chamber can hear, the question.

Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister rule out any changes in the budget to the tax treatment of work expenses?

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

Like other governments in the past, what we will do is hand down our budget—

in 40 days time, the Treasurer said—it will be a good one. What we'll be aiming at doing there is addressing the short-term pressures that are on cost of living. And you'll see those measures, including our energy price relief plan, including, of course, the other plans budgeted for: cheaper child care, cheaper medicines—all of those measures. But you'll also see the funding of plans that are based upon dealing with the medium- and longer-term challenges in our economy—dealing with the pressures that are on the health system; dealing with pressures that are on supply chains, through our National Reconstruction Fund; dealing with skills and making sure that people can get appropriate training and education going forward as well.

Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Moreton! Has the Prime Minister concluded his answer?

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

I want to see what he says.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I will hear from the member for Hume on his point of order.

Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It's relevance, Mr Speaker. It was a very specific question. We don't need pixie dust.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The member for Hume knows that that is not an appropriate use of the standing order and that he has the MPI today. The Prime Minister will return to the question.

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

I was surprised to see them taking a point on relevance. Never have an opposition worked so hard to make themselves irrelevant—on every issue—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The Prime Minister will return to the question.

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

and I predict this about our budget next month: whatever's in it, you'll be against it!

Honourable members interjecting—

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! When the House—

The member for Moreton is warned.

Honourable members interjecting—

Order! When the House comes to order—

A government member: He wasn't doing anything.

well, he would have done something today—I'll hear from the member for Swan.