Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Conroy can sit there shaking his head, trying to look confused. Senator Hurley’s argument was, ‘We recognise there is an increase but it is not very much.’ It may not in itself be very much but, of course, it is not the only tax slug the government is trying to enact. That is why their budget itself is inflationary—through driving up taxes in areas like this. We have the inflation argument and we also have, of course, the impact on the automotive industry.