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

What I can confirm for Senator Wong and for the chamber is that the government, indeed, is fully committed to deliver a lower, globally more competitive business tax rate in order to protect jobs and to protect future wages growth, because, of course, those of us on this side of the chamber understand that the future success of working families around Australia depends on the future viability, competitiveness and profitability of businesses right around Australia. If we make it harder for businesses in Australia to be successful, we make it harder for working families around Australia to be successful. That is something that Labor used to understand. Let's see what happens this fortnight. The government certainly is focused on securing the passage of this very important economic reform and, if the Labor Party cared about working families, they would back it.