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

I thank Senator Pratt for her supplementary. In the senator's state of Western Australia, 1.5 million Western Australians will get a tax cut from 1 July under Labor's tax plan, with 1.2 million of them getting a bigger tax cut. Ninety per cent of Western Australian women who are taxpayers will get a bigger tax cut. The average WA taxpayer will receive a tax cut of $1,504, which provides an additional $800 extra going into their pocket than they would have received under the former government's plan.

Of course, we are in a position to reshape these tax cuts because of our careful economic management that we have undertaken since coming to government. I'm proud of the work that's been done. We have gross debt lower than when the Liberals were in charge; we have real spending growth lower; inflation is lower; and, of course, we have delivered the first budget surplus in 15 years.