STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

Ms CAMPBELL (Moreton) (13:37): It doesn't matter how the opposition tries to spin this one; nothing will change the fact that those in the coalition have just voted against a tax cut for working Australians, again. Nothing will change the fact that the coalition have just voted against 75,000 Australians getting into their very first home. Nothing will change the fact that the coalition have just voted against a $1,000 instant tax write off.

All in all, what this now means is that the coalition have made average working Australians $2,800 poorer. At a time when people are doing it tough, at a time when people are struggling to pay their bills, at a time when young people are trying to get into their first home, at a time when this country has a big challenge when it comes to cost of living, the opposition have today anointed themselves as the enemy of first home buyers.

The opposition today have anointed themselves as the nemesis of young people across this nation. Today was a test for those in the coalition. I don't rejoice in their spectacular failure of that test, because we want Australians to get a better life and to have a home.