with Michelle Rowland , MP

Western Sydney is as vast and dynamic as it is diverse and interesting . It ’ s enormous , encompassing communities that have unique experiences and challenges .

I ’ m very critical of commentators who ham-fistedly try to describe Western Sydney as if it ’ s one uniform place .

Blanket statements and generalisations don ’ t capture the diversity of the West . But forgive me for breaking my rule to say there ’ s one uniform statement that rings true : Western Sydney deserves to keep more of what it earns .

Western Sydney will be boosted by the Albanese Government ’ s legislation - which passed the lower house of Parliament this week - to give every taxpayer a tax cut – an estimated 902,000 of them .

Nearly 9 in every 10 taxpayers in Western Sydney will receive a larger tax cut than under Scott Morrison ’ s proposal from five years ago .

The tax-cut for a worker on $ 80,000 would be worth more than $ 1,670 a year . Tax cuts for workers in disability , retail , and transport sectors . For health and agedcare workers . For accountants , teachers , software programmers and tradies – for every taxpayer .

While our plan is responsibly targeted

to boost support for hard working families , it delivers for every taxpayer – right up and down the income ladder .

An early educator , aged-care worker or a cleaner earning $ 50,000 will now receive a tax cut worth over $ 900 a year . Under the Coalition ’ s alternative , many workers — often working part-time with families — would have got nothing . Not a dollar .

All our wonderful nurses and transport workers will get a tax cut – with over 95 per cent of those taxpayers getting a larger tax cut as a result of Labor ’ s plan .

Australians earning over $ 150,000 a year will also receive a tax cut of at least $ 3,700 . These are just a few examples of how our plan will make a meaningful difference to workers and households across Western Sydney grappling with costof-living pressures .

I know – because I represent a community in North-West Sydney with high levels of mortgage stress .

Local residents – many of whom are economic migrants who moved to Australia for opportunities for themselves and their children – are asking for Government to do more to help .

To say to Western Sydney families there ’ s nothing Government can do would be a furphy . The Federal Government is in a position to help – without making the economic situation worse by adding

to inflation . Our bigger tax cuts for more Australians deliver on that objective .

It complements our work to deliver electricity bill relief , cheaper childcare , medicines and GP visits .

We have increased rent assistance , delivered fee-free TAFE places , and extended free broadband for school children with no connectivity at home .

Labor has also launched an ACCC inquiry into supermarket prices and allegations of price gouging , the first of its kind since 2008 .

Helping Australians with the cost of living is our number one priority because if

the cost of essentials rises too fast , people can ’ t plan or save for the future .

Unlike the relentlessly negative Coalition , the Albanese Government is saying yes to supporting Western Sydney families to keep more of what they earn .

As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says , our new tax cuts are the right decision at the right time , for the right reasons .

That ’ s why this Government listened to families in Western Sydney – and acted . To estimate your tax cut , use the calculator @ https :// treasury . gov . au / tax-cuts Tax cuts to help with the cost of living |

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