00:00 (BELLS RINGING)
00:04 Seeking spiritual counsel on a drizzly Canberra morning.
00:07 Hopefully it'll set the tone for a respectful but difficult year.
00:12 Provided with a reality check...
00:15 You are not gods.
00:18 ..along with some timely advice.
00:20 You are allowed to ask for forgiveness.
00:23 That's something the Prime Minister's praying will be offered by voters
00:26 better off under his reshaped income tax cuts.
00:29 He can go right at the back.
00:31 (LAUGHTER)
00:32 Insisting it's the opposition struggling to find its policy position.
00:35 If they are faired income,
00:37 then their response must be to not only oppose,
00:41 but to promise to roll it back.
00:44 The Coalition's response was delivered.
00:47 We don't want to deny Australians tax cuts because people are hurting.
00:50 The opposition's been railing against the Prime Minister
00:53 for breaking an election promise.
00:55 A liar in the lodge.
00:56 And while not thrilled with the policy
00:59 and promising to try to amend it during parliamentary debate,
01:02 Coalition MPs and senators couldn't ignore the extra $800 a year
01:06 which will flow for most low and middle income earners.
01:09 We're supporting this change not to support the Prime Minister's lie,
01:13 but to support those families who need help now.
01:16 Ten days ago, Mr Dutton was taking a different tack.
01:19 I think you should call an election.
01:21 The opposition keen to broaden their attacks
01:23 by suggesting changes to income tax cuts
01:25 opens the door to scrapping tax concessions on property,
01:28 such as negative gearing.
01:30 With the Coalition now on side,
01:32 messy and perhaps expensive deals with the Greens and Senate crossbench
01:36 have been averted.
01:38 But don't expect Peter Dutton and members of the Coalition
01:41 to relent in their assault on Anthony Albanese's integrity.
01:45 In this place, character is always tested,
01:48 even by those on your own side.
01:50 I said the name Peter Dutton. What one word springs into your mind?
01:54 Thug.
01:56 Have you found me to be a thug?
01:58 I think some of the narrative is sort of retrofitting a particular purpose.
02:02 And it's only day one of the parliamentary year.
02:05 [BLANK_AUDIO]
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