Andrew Murray (WA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for his answer. Minister, as Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States all automatically index their tax thresholds, why does the government continue to deny this form of tax equity by not at least considering indexing the lowest tax-free threshold? Does the government concede that its tax cuts for higher income earners over the last two budgets were instead of real tax reform badly needed for low- and middle-income earners, a policy priority again stressed by the OECD in its latest survey?