❓ Treasurer Ripper dismisses the opposition's claim of only $7.2 million in tax cuts in the fifth budget, asserting the government is delivering $870 million in tax relief and family concessions over four years. He criticizes the Leader of the Opposition's calculations and accuses him of misleading the public.
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What credence can be placed on claims by the opposition that the Treasurer’s fifth budget delivers only $7.2 million in tax cuts? Mr E.S. RIPPER
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No credence whatsoever. The Leader of the Opposition’s logic is like Mark Williams trying to talk up Port Adelaide’s performance on Sunday. If Mark Williams did not count the goals from Lynch, Sampi and Kerr, he might say, if the opposition’s research unit happened to be advising him, that Port Adelaide lost by only 10. If we do not count the cut in motor vehicle registration fees for families, the household charges that were frozen, the 50c bus fares for school kids, the land tax changes and the $1.5 billion of cuts from last year, some of which are just starting to take effect, and if we get all our briefings from Sesame Street , we might just make the kind of stretch that the Leader of the Opposition has achieved. In fact, Labor is delivering for the families of Western Australia. We are delivering tax cuts and record spending on infrastructure, and we are delivering in the key service areas as well. On the question of tax relief and family concessions, we are delivering $870 million over the next four years. It is the kind of budget that would drive any opposition to drink. Let us see what the Leader of the Opposition said yesterday. The Leader of the Opposition said - . . . by way of tax relief . . . I have been saying $37million, but I’ve actually had a harder look at it, - Another watching of Sesame Street, I suppose - and it’s actually about $7million worth of tax relief, in fact 7.2million. On Thursday he claimed the amount was $37 million. That was wrong but, rather than fix the mistake, he decided to make the error even worse. It is sloppy, misleading and too clever by half. It is just the sort of answer we would expect from a beer-coaster response to the budget. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: No credence whatsoever. The Leader of the Opposition’s logic is like Mark Williams trying to talk up Port Adelaide’s performance on Sunday. If Mark Williams did not count the goals from Lynch, Sampi and Kerr, he might say, if the opposition’s research unit happened to be advising him, that Port Adelaide lost by only 10. If we do not count the cut in motor vehicle registration fees for families, the household charges that were frozen, the 50c bus fares for school kids, the land tax changes and the $1.5 billion of cuts from last year, some of which are just starting to take effect, and if we get all our briefings from Sesame Street , we might just make the kind of stretch that the Leader of the Opposition has achieved. In fact, Labor is delivering for the families of Western Australia. We are delivering tax cuts and record spending on infrastructure, and we are delivering in the key service areas as well. On the question of tax relief and family concessions, we are delivering $870 million over the next four years. It is the kind of budget that would drive any opposition to drink. Let us see what the Leader of the Opposition said yesterday. The Leader of the Opposition said - . . . by way of tax relief . . . I have been saying $37million, but I’ve actually had a harder look at it, - Another watching of Sesame Street, I suppose - and it’s actually about $7million worth of tax relief, in fact 7.2million. On Thursday he claimed the amount was $37 million. That was wrong but, rather than fix the mistake, he decided to make the error even worse. It is sloppy, misleading and too clever by half. It is just the sort of answer we would expect from a beer-coaster response to the budget. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time.
No credence whatsoever. The Leader of the Opposition’s logic is like Mark Williams trying to talk up Port Adelaide’s performance on Sunday. If Mark Williams did not count the goals from Lynch, Sampi and Kerr, he might say, if the opposition’s research unit happened to be advising him, that Port Adelaide lost by only 10. If we do not count the cut in motor vehicle registration fees for families, the household charges that were frozen, the 50c bus fares for school kids, the land tax changes and the $1.5 billion of cuts from last year, some of which are just starting to take effect, and if we get all our briefings from Sesame Street , we might just make the kind of stretch that the Leader of the Opposition has achieved. In fact, Labor is delivering for the families of Western Australia. We are delivering tax cuts and record spending on infrastructure, and we are delivering in the key service areas as well. On the question of tax relief and family concessions, we are delivering $870 million over the next four years. It is the kind of budget that would drive any opposition to drink. Let us see what the Leader of the Opposition said yesterday. The Leader of the Opposition said - . . . by way of tax relief . . . I have been saying $37million, but I’ve actually had a harder look at it, - Another watching of Sesame Street, I suppose - and it’s actually about $7million worth of tax relief, in fact 7.2million. On Thursday he claimed the amount was $37 million. That was wrong but, rather than fix the mistake, he decided to make the error even worse. It is sloppy, misleading and too clever by half. It is just the sort of answer we would expect from a beer-coaster response to the budget. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time.
On the question of tax relief and family concessions, we are delivering $870 million over the next four years. It is the kind of budget that would drive any opposition to drink. Let us see what the Leader of the Opposition said yesterday. The Leader of the Opposition said - . . . by way of tax relief . . . I have been saying $37million, but I’ve actually had a harder look at it, - Another watching of Sesame Street, I suppose - and it’s actually about $7million worth of tax relief, in fact 7.2million. On Thursday he claimed the amount was $37 million. That was wrong but, rather than fix the mistake, he decided to make the error even worse. It is sloppy, misleading and too clever by half. It is just the sort of answer we would expect from a beer-coaster response to the budget. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time.
Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time.
The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time.
Mr E.S. RIPPER replied: No credence whatsoever. The Leader of the Opposition’s logic is like Mark Williams trying to talk up Port Adelaide’s performance on Sunday. If Mark Williams did not count the goals from Lynch, Sampi and Kerr, he might say, if the opposition’s research unit happened to be advising him, that Port Adelaide lost by only 10. If we do not count the cut in motor vehicle registration fees for families, the household charges that were frozen, the 50c bus fares for school kids, the land tax changes and the $1.5 billion of cuts from last year, some of which are just starting to take effect, and if we get all our briefings from Sesame Street , we might just make the kind of stretch that the Leader of the Opposition has achieved. In fact, Labor is delivering for the families of Western Australia. We are delivering tax cuts and record spending on infrastructure, and we are delivering in the key service areas as well. On the question of tax relief and family concessions, we are delivering $870 million over the next four years. It is the kind of budget that would drive any opposition to drink. Let us see what the Leader of the Opposition said yesterday. The Leader of the Opposition said - . . . by way of tax relief . . . I have been saying $37million, but I’ve actually had a harder look at it, - Another watching of Sesame Street, I suppose - and it’s actually about $7million worth of tax relief, in fact 7.2million. On Thursday he claimed the amount was $37 million. That was wrong but, rather than fix the mistake, he decided to make the error even worse. It is sloppy, misleading and too clever by half. It is just the sort of answer we would expect from a beer-coaster response to the budget. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time.
No credence whatsoever. The Leader of the Opposition’s logic is like Mark Williams trying to talk up Port Adelaide’s performance on Sunday. If Mark Williams did not count the goals from Lynch, Sampi and Kerr, he might say, if the opposition’s research unit happened to be advising him, that Port Adelaide lost by only 10. If we do not count the cut in motor vehicle registration fees for families, the household charges that were frozen, the 50c bus fares for school kids, the land tax changes and the $1.5 billion of cuts from last year, some of which are just starting to take effect, and if we get all our briefings from Sesame Street , we might just make the kind of stretch that the Leader of the Opposition has achieved. In fact, Labor is delivering for the families of Western Australia. We are delivering tax cuts and record spending on infrastructure, and we are delivering in the key service areas as well. On the question of tax relief and family concessions, we are delivering $870 million over the next four years. It is the kind of budget that would drive any opposition to drink. Let us see what the Leader of the Opposition said yesterday. The Leader of the Opposition said - . . . by way of tax relief . . . I have been saying $37million, but I’ve actually had a harder look at it, - Another watching of Sesame Street, I suppose - and it’s actually about $7million worth of tax relief, in fact 7.2million. On Thursday he claimed the amount was $37 million. That was wrong but, rather than fix the mistake, he decided to make the error even worse. It is sloppy, misleading and too clever by half. It is just the sort of answer we would expect from a beer-coaster response to the budget. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time.
On the question of tax relief and family concessions, we are delivering $870 million over the next four years. It is the kind of budget that would drive any opposition to drink. Let us see what the Leader of the Opposition said yesterday. The Leader of the Opposition said - . . . by way of tax relief . . . I have been saying $37million, but I’ve actually had a harder look at it, - Another watching of Sesame Street, I suppose - and it’s actually about $7million worth of tax relief, in fact 7.2million. On Thursday he claimed the amount was $37 million. That was wrong but, rather than fix the mistake, he decided to make the error even worse. It is sloppy, misleading and too clever by half. It is just the sort of answer we would expect from a beer-coaster response to the budget. Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time.
Mr M.J. Birney interjected. The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time.
The SPEAKER : I call the Leader of the Opposition to order for the first time.
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