Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you again, Senator Pratt. As we've indicated repeatedly, Labor stands for manufacturing workers and all workers to earn more and keep more of what they earn. I'm very pleased to inform Senator Pratt that it isn't just food and beverage manufacturing workers who will benefit from Labor's tax cuts; it is all manufacturing workers in my state of Queensland, in Senator Pratt's state of Western Australia and everywhere else around Australia.

To give you another example, workers at Capral Aluminium in Bremer near Ipswich in Queensland who work at the biggest aluminium extrusion plant in Australia making aluminium products for use as windows, doors, ute trays and much more will also benefit from Labor's tax cuts. A full-time entry level production worker at the Capral plant currently makes around $52,000 a year. They will enjoy more than $1,000 from Labor's tax cuts. With a pay rise through gaining extra expertise and earning up to $73,000, they will get more than $1,500 a year from Labor's tax cuts. Our tax cuts are good for workers in manufacturing. (Time expired)