Page 3267 - Week 09 - Tuesday, 19 August 2008
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This bleat that this is a tax or will impact on families is a nonsense and is shown to be a nonsense. Toyota Corolla—a $210 discount. Holden Commodore—no change in stamp duty. Here we have this confected nonsense that this will affect families or average families. Holden Commodore—no change. Ford Falcon—no change. Toyota Corolla—$210 discount.
Mr Barr: That’s Australia’s biggest selling car, I understand.
MR STANHOPE: Yes. The biggest selling—Holden Commodore.
Mr Barr: And then the Corolla.
MR STANHOPE: Yes, the Corolla. There you have it. The biggest selling car in Australia, the Toyota Corolla—that is the car purchased by more families in Australia than any other car—achieves a $210 discount. The Holden Commodore—no change. The Ford Falcon—no change. The Mitsubishi Lancer—no change.
Mr Seselja: How many bought the Lexus?
MR SPEAKER: Order!
MR STANHOPE: The Holden utility 4x2—no change.
Mr Seselja interjecting—
MR SPEAKER: Order! Give up.
MR STANHOPE: And we have this confected nonsense that this will be a law that impacts on families. What a load of confected nonsense! The signal it sends though is this. I must say in terms of points of distinction, and we have discussed a couple today, that the Liberal Party formally announced today that they will abolish the land rent scheme because they want a point of difference with us in relation to housing affordability.
Mr Seselja: We’ve already got some.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Seselja, I warn you.
MR STANHOPE: Today they send the most powerful signal possible. I do not think there is a more powerful signal that a would-be government could send in relation to its attitude to the most serious and significant issue facing the world—namely, climate change—than this.
Mr Smyth: You forgot about it for six years. Six years and not a mention of climate change.
MR SPEAKER: Mr Smyth!
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