Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

The Australian government is totally focused on strengthening the economy, on strengthening economic growth and on strengthening employment growth by making sure we are as productive, as innovative, as competitive and as agile as possible. Over the last three years we have made significant progress by getting rid of Labor's lead out of our saddlebags, by getting rid of the mining tax and the carbon tax, by reducing red-tape costs to business, by reducing company tax of small business, by not proceeding with Labor's bank tax, by pursuing ambitious free trade agendas and by pursuing an ambitious infrastructure investment program. And now we are focused on making sure that we even further improve the growth friendliness of our tax system.

On this side of the parliament our instinct is always for lower, simpler, fairer taxes, because we understand that lower, simpler, fairer taxes will help strengthen growth, will help strengthen job creation— (Time expired)