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

Senator Payman, you are absolutely right. We want young Australians to earn more and keep more of what they earn, and Labor's tax cuts will help make that happen. They'll make a real difference to young people's lives right now.

But what is the coalition position? It just keeps on changing. Yesterday, I mentioned that shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor had revealed he is targeting the workplace protections we have delivered for young and older workers. Now Senator Hume has let the cat out of the bag, too. She told Sunrise this morning, 'We will go back to the drawing board on tax cuts.' Oh, Jane, you've done it again! Talk about letting it slip. Of course, it's exactly what Mr Dutton and Ms Ley have been saying as well for the past month. They were opposing it. Then they were going to roll it back and then they let it through. Senator Hume has made clear that 'it's back to the drawing board when it comes to the tax cuts'. They want to rip money out of the pockets of young people in places like Frankston, while cutting their pay and conditions at the same time. You can't trust the opposition. They always want young people to work more and earn less. (Time expired)