“Providing 13.3 million Australian workers with a permanent $250 per year tax cut through the working Australian tax offset”

Australian Parliament: House of Representatives · Question Time | 29 October 2026

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provided a permanent $250 per year tax cut to 13.3 million Australian workers via the working Australian tax offset

13.3 million workers, $250 per year

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