Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I have another supplementary question. I might refer Senator Sherry to page 38 of yesterday’s Hansard, when Mr Swan agreed with a statement made by the Minister for Finance and Deregulation. As the government have refused to rule out tax hikes to pay for their reckless spending, does the minister still stand by the ALP’s previous commitment, repeated before and after the 2007 election, not to increase taxes as a percentage of GDP?