Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As I have been saying, both the COAG process and the current Nation Building and Jobs Plan provide a range of benefits to Australians right across the board, including a tax bonus of $950 for eligible taxpayers. All of that supports jobs in the community and supports those people such as nurses, people who support and work in aged-care facilities—right across the board—to keep their jobs, to ensure that their jobs are supported. It also provides infrastructure and longer term benefits as well. All of this is about ensuring that the economy remains strong— (Time expired)