Senate debates

Friday, 24 March 2023

Questions without Notice

Income Tax

2:00 pm

Photo of Don FarrellDon Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

enator FARRELL (—) (): I thank Senator Bragg for his question. I suppose the simple answer, and the most direct answer to your question, is that this issue was discussed in the shadow cabinet before the last election. There was debate about whether we would originally support or oppose the tax cuts. Of course, we took a decision as a shadow cabinet to support the tax cuts and we took that position to the last election. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is nothing if not a person who honours his commitments, so he took that policy—

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