QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator ROBERTS (Queensland) (14:49): This government is raking in more tax than when you came to power, from 29.7 per cent of GDP to 30.2 per cent, with tax on increased corporate profits in the lead. As tax bracket creep cuts in, from 1 July workers will be getting taxed more. Today you're increasing the fuel excise, which will hurt everyday Australians, particularly families.

Minister, why did Labor turn your backs on workers to become the party of big business, and was this a cunning plan to make the Liberals look irrelevant?