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

Do you know what Paul Keating used to do? Paul Keating used to stand for lower business taxes. Paul Keating used to argue that Australian businesses need to be able to compete with businesses around the world. Paul Keating used to be in favour of opening up the Australian economy to global competition. I know that Senator Carr sits there squirming in his chair as I talk about the glorious period of Labor governments past when they actually believed in free trade and open markets. Let me tell you: this government will continue to work very hard to ensure that the families of Australia have the best possible opportunity to get ahead, and that includes an absolutely firm commitment that we will continue to make the case for why we need to reduce business taxes in Australia, and the day will come when the Labor Party— (Time expired)

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