QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for Finance, Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Women, Minister for Government Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (14:45): I thank Senator Roberts for the question. Senator Roberts, you and your party last week voted against tax cuts for working people. I would be more generous if your voting record didn't show you consistently voted against working people.

You voted against penalty rates reform. You voted against energy bill relief. You voted against housing investment, against programs like Help to Buy that are actually helping low-income Australians into housing.

The reality of the way the right-wing parties vote and then the concerns they raise—the disconnect between the concerns they raise in question time and the way they vote is astounding. You voted against tax cuts just last week. From memory, you voted against the stage 3 tax cuts as well, where we ensured— The PRESIDENT: Minister, please resume your seat.

Senator Bragg interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Bragg, I've called order about four times. That does include you. Now either listen in silence or I'll invite you to leave the chamber.

Minister, please continue. Senator GALLAGHER: Every time we have sought to provide tax relief in this chamber, One Nation and the conservative right-wing parties in Australia voted against it. We are absolutely enthusiastic about cutting bracket creep.

I have heard the Treasurer say this a number of times about returning bracket creep: we'll do it when we can, in a responsible way and we can afford to do so. We're cutting taxes five times in three different ways. We've got the tax cuts starting on Wednesday.

We've got another tax cut starting 1 July the year after. We've got our instant tax deduction. We have the tax cuts that came on in 2024.

We have the working Australians tax offset. These are all ways that we are making the tax system work better for working Australians. In addition to that, we've got all our investments in Medicare and cheaper medicines that we continue to roll out to help people with cost-of-living pressures.

The PRESIDENT: Senator Roberts, first supplementary?