Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer. Minister, last year the ABS reported that income inequality increased by 2.3 per cent between 1994-95 and 2002-03. Also, ANU economist Andrew Leigh found that tax changes over the past three decades helped explain that inequality. Minister, last night the Treasurer gave a tax cut of $7 a week to people earning $20,000 and $119 a week to people earning $150,000. Won’t the tax cuts announced last night lead to even greater inequality? Does your government really care?