Coalition Tax Policy

4 February 2025

There is no such thing as a free lunch. Somebody always pays, and, if it's up to the Leader of the Opposition, it will be every single Australian taxpayer. I know the opposition leader isn't big on detail, and costings are an inconvenience at best—some might say an impediment—to his progress. But we care, and $10 billion for this free-lunch folly that the opposition leader has put forward is just ridiculous. He doesn't want to pay for tax cuts for everyone. He doesn't want to pay for and voted against cheaper child care and cheaper medicines. This opposition only cares about the progress of one person, and that is him in this parliament. Small businesses deserve better. They are the engine room of our economy. They deserve more than thought-bubble policies. They deserve a serious government that wants to give all Australians a tax break and incentivise being better in business. They want a serious government that is lowering inflation and doing more to increase wages that ultimately get spent in their small businesses. And this opposition leader is casting them to the wind on a free-lunch folly. It just doesn't add up.