Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese defends his decision on tax cuts and discusses the political considerations behind it.
ANTHONY ALBANESE , PRIME MINISTER: Good evening. SARAH FERGUSON: Now the Opposition is going to vote your tax cuts through. Does that tell you that you got the politics right on this issue?We made a difficult decision, but it was the right decision, done at the right time and all for the right reasons and that is why we put forward a policy that will mean a tax cut for every Australian and 84 per cent of Australian s will get a higher tax cut.
It shows that they were disingenuous with all of their complaining because if they were fair dinkum, they would not only vote against it, but they would do what Sussan Ley said they would do, which is to absolutely roll it back. SARAH FERGUSON: But let's be clear about this. There had to be political considerations before you would make such a bold move, especially for your prime ministership. You accept that, don't you? ANTHONY ALBANESE: We were focused very much on the outcome. How do you have an impact on cost-of-living particularly for low- and middle-income earner
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