Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer the minister to the Assistant Treasurer's justification of the government's decision on 7 November—and I quote:

We've always been on the side of those people who are aspirational …

Is it the government's view that the 3.6 million Australians earning up to $37,000 a year have no aspiration?