STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS

Mr SMALL (Forrest—Opposition Whip) (13:45): Today, the Albanese Labor government had the chance to vote for our tax-back guarantee for bigger and better tax cuts for every working Australian. But, instead, every single member of the Labor Party decided to vote to take more tax from hardworking Australians. They promised no new taxes 50 times in the Prime Minister's own words, and now Australians are faced with more tax than ever before.

Labor's broken promises include taxes on housing, small businesses and savings. They've raided Australians to tune of $80 billion, but their secret inflation tax will take more than $200 billion from Australians. Our tax-back guarantee is an automatic tax cut that gets bigger every year.

It means that tax thresholds rise with inflation. As much as this Prime Minister promises to give a little, he's taking a lot. We all know someone like this—someone who comes to a barbecue, brings a six pack, drinks 12 and takes a carton home.

We won't stand for it. We are proposing a tax-back guarantee. Instead, this mob have voted for higher taxes on every Australian, every year.

They should hang their heads in shame or perhaps turn on the comments on social media and see what Aussies really think of their sneaky taxes.