QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Mr ALBANESE (Grayndler—Prime Minister) (14:11): Thanks, Mr Speaker. One thing you can say about the shadow Treasurer is that he never lets facts get in the way. We just passed legislation through the House of Representatives today to lower taxes.

That is what we just did, and those opposite voted against it. To be fair to the member for Goldstein, he didn't vote against it, because he wasn't here, but all the rest of them did. They voted against the tax cuts that will come in on 1 July.

They voted against the tax cuts that will come in on 1 July next year. And today they voted against the Working Australians Tax Offset, and they voted against the $1,000 automatic tax deduction. It takes some capacity to go to an election arguing for higher taxes and at the same time delivering higher deficits, but that's what this bloke did at the last election.