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

On this side of parliament, we care about the opportunities for hardworking Australians to get ahead. Nine out of 10 hardworking Australians work for a private sector business. If we continue to disadvantage the businesses that employ them, compared to businesses in other parts of the world, we put their jobs at risk and we put their future wages at risk. There won't be any wage increases because the Labor Party wants to keep a high tax on people's jobs by putting Australian citizens at a disadvantage—

Senator Wong interjecting—