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SenateMonday 12 October 2026

QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator SHOEBRIDGE (New South Wales) (14:20): Minister, thanks for the gratuitous advice, but, under the Albanese Labor government, inequality is at an historic high, with the top one per cent having hoarded more wealth than half the Australian population combined—more than half. You refuse to tax record profits and won't touch corporate tax or gas taxes or even consider a billionaire tax.

Is it just a coincidence that those who benefit from your inaction also fund your election campaigns? Just a coincidence?

SourceSenate, Monday 12 October 2026 — official recordTA-261012-senate-b3c353428b97:s091