QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Prime Minister) (14:06): I thank the member for Menzies for his question, which is not something I thought I'd ever have to say in this House, I've got to say. Today, every Labor member in this House voted to deliver another two income tax cuts—$250 for every worker plus a $1,000 automatic tax deduction, making sure that there's reform there as well.

Every Labor member voted for aspiration for all, not just for some, and we did that by making sure that Australians can have a crack at owning their first home. Every Labor member voted for Australians to earn more and to keep more of what they earn, which is why, on Monday, we welcomed the fact that those on the poorest pay—those people on the minimum wage, the people who clean our offices here in Parliament House, the people who do that hard yakka going to work each and every day to make a difference for their family—could get a decent pay increase.

Those opposite never supported that. Every Labor member today voted to deliver an economy that works for people, not the other way around—not people just working for an economy. Every Labor member voted to deliver the real change that Australia needs, and every single member of the three right-wing parties, the 'Liberal One National Party', voted against these changes.

They voted against cutting income taxes. They voted against a future with intergenerational equity at its heart. They voted to keep a housing system that everyone knows is broken.

But they want to go further. If they get the chance, they'll increase income taxes for every single Australian worker. They promised, at the last election, higher debt, bigger deficits and higher taxes, and they promised to rebreak the system.

They promised to go back to a housing system that simply is not working. We on this side of the House stand for aspiration, and we stand for opportunity. Labor stands for opportunity and the fair go.

We're delivering real change, and today's legislation did just that.