Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

Those opposite are interjecting. I want to take this interjection, because those opposite are interjecting, 'Where's the revenue?' On the one hand, we have a government that say, 'This is an impost on the mining sector, jobs will be lost, businesses will be closed and investment will be stopped.' On the other hand, they argue that the tax did not raise enough. Is it too big or is it too small? Did it raise too much money or not enough? They cannot get their story straight. The real story is not that it is too big or too small; the real story is that it hurts their mates and they do not care that what they are doing is ripping savings off nine million Australians, 1.3 million families and 3.2 million small businesses. They will always go for the short term rather than the long term and they will always support their mates rather than ordinary Australians. This Prime Minister said 14 times, 'No adverse change to super.' Well, we have seen what his promises are worth. (Time expired)

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