Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Smith. Well, the Treasury advice is crystal clear: Labor's tax cuts are the right move. We know that cost-of-living pressures have disproportionately impacted low- and middle-income households and we know that these tax cuts for all Australian taxpayers will help with that without adding to inflation. Of course we also know it's the right thing to do because those opposite—despite the hot air, despite the dramatic language, despite the fact that the deputy leader said, 'We will fight this legislation, even though we don't know what it looks like'—are voting for it. They're voting for it because they know in their heart of hearts that this is the right thing to do. It's the right thing to do for working women. It's the right thing to do for middle Australia. It is the right thing to do for our economy—