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

On the decisions this government has taken, we have delivered a tax cut to every working person in Australia. We've returned bracket creep. We've got lower average tax rates. We've got wages moving again, which is something that those opposite were unable or unwilling to do, and all of that feeds into household income.

If Senator Sharma is arguing—and I think this is one of the promises that they've dropped out there—about lowering tax rates, then work that up for the election. Our policies have been clear. We do rely on income tax to support investments in our budget, like Medicare and the TAFE system, and the agreements we have with the states in a range of areas like the NDIS and aged care. I think any government has to raise revenue, and we appreciate the fact that income tax, company tax and other revenue lines support that. (Time expired)