‘Not going to cut it’: Labor’s ‘$15 a week’ tax changes won’t help struggling families

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says $15 a week is not going to cut it for the average Australian under the Labor government’s tax changes. “The Liberal Party is the party of lower taxes ... we dragged the Labor Party, kicking and screaming, to support, stage one, stage two, stage three,” Mr Dutton said during a media conference on Thursday. “Stage three was also about providing support to people with aspiration as well, people who are in households at the moment where they’re paying $24,000 or more extra for their mortgage under this Labor government. “When the Prime Minister came into office to this point now, we know that Australians are paying 27 per cent more tax than when the Prime Minister was elected. “$15 a week is not going to cut it for families who continue to pay more and more for their energy bills under Labor.”