Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians) Share this | Hansard source

It's good that the senator, in her supplementary question, actually acknowledges what I just said in my response to the first question, where I said we said 'up to $600' and 'up to $800'. As I said in my first answer, we never said at any point in time that it would be tax free, because that is not how income bonuses work. In exactly the same way that JobKeeper is subject to tax, these bonuses are subject to tax. It's good that the senator has acknowledged, in her question, what I said in the answer to her first question, which was that these would be 'up to $800' and 'up to $600'.