Scott Morrison must rule out calls from his backbenchers to hurt workers saving for a comfortable retirement by cutting their superannuation.

Labor’s highest priority throughout this tax cut debate has been to get more money into the hands of more workers, sooner, to boost an economy which is floundering under the Liberals.

The so-called “party of lower taxes” has just voted against tax relief for every Australian worker in this term of Parliament.

Today's interest rate cut bolsters the case for Labor’s tax cut proposal to get more money into workers’ hands sooner, to help the Reserve Bank boost the floundering economy.

Parliamentary Budget Office information revealed today shows $35 billion of the unlegislated tax package and $91 billion of the total tax package over the period to 2029-30 goes to people earning over $180,000.

Labor is today proposing a solution on the Government’s income tax package which would bring forward planned tax cuts and infrastructure investment to boost the floundering Australian economy.

Today’s National Accounts are a hammer blow to the Liberals’ economic credibility.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been caught red-handed lying to voters about his election promise to deliver tax cuts for low and middle-income earners on July 1.

I’m pleased to be the new Shadow Treasurer in Labor’s very strong frontbench team and I’m grateful to Anthony Albanese for the opportunity to serve in this key role.

I won’t be putting my hand up for the leadership of the Australian Labor Party this time around.