Mr MARLES (Corio—Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence) (14:52): I thank the member for his question and acknowledge his service in the Australian Army and his ongoing commitment to advocating on the part of the men and women of Australia's Defence Force, particularly those who serve at RAAF Base Edinburgh in his electorate. Every member of the Australian Defence Force will receive a tax cut under Labor's tax plan. Every public servant in the Department of Defence and every person working in Australia's defence industry will receive a tax cut, meaning that those people who are serving our nation will take home more of what they earn. For example, a lieutenant logistics officer at HMAS Stirling in Rockingham will take home a tax cut of more than $2,500. A lance corporal at 3 Brigade in Townsville will take home a tax cut of $1,861. In the member's own electorate, an air defence guard at RAAF Base Edinburgh will take home a tax cut of $1,876. A defence civilian worker at the School of Infantry in Singleton will take home a tax cut of $1,463, which is more than twice the tax cut that person would have had under the policy of those opposite. Not by word, but by action, it is now completely clear that those opposite— Mr Hamilton interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order! The Member for Groom will cease interjecting. Mr MARLES: support the call that has been made by this Prime Minister and this government in respect of tax, If it were different, they would be opposing the legislation in this parliament and they would be doing what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition said they should do: roll this package back. The claim by those opposite that the Liberals are the party of lower taxes—that is not a tax policy; that is now just a pathetic whimper. The truth is that it's not even true. In modern times, the highest-taxing government in Australia has been the Howard Liberal government. The reality today is that the modern Liberal Party is the party of higher taxes, deep deficits and big debt. We understand that Australians are doing it tough with cost-of-living pressures. The only government which is delivering meaningful tax relief, which has delivered a budget surplus, which is ensuring our national security, is the Albanese Labor government.