Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Canavan for the question. Again, I think there is an obvious reason why they don't want to talk about the change that we have brought forward on tax—the change that the parliament will be considering, the one that the House has been considering and, indeed, the one that you have adopted. And, by adopting that policy, you have accepted that it was the right thing to do—to change our position; that it was a fairer way of applying those tax cuts; that it got to more people—bigger tax cuts to more people, and everybody gets a tax cut. You have accepted that as your policy and, in doing so, you now want to talk about everything that we are not doing.

The Prime Minister has fronted up and he has explained to the Australian people why he has changed his mind and why the government have changed our minds. It is to ensure that the tax cuts reach more people and that the average taxpayer gets a much bigger tax cut, that 90 per cent of women get a bigger tax cut when they're paying tax and that a hundred per cent of women taxpayers get a tax cut. And you want to talk about other things. We have a full book of tax reform. How about you work with us—