But what concerns me the most is the alternative as argued by the opposite side of the House. The Opposition has proposed tax cuts to the top rate, but the maths to pay for this doesn't add up. Now that they want to spend the operating allowance, the problem is they have not accounted for future years. The $3 billion cost expected in 2024 and 2025 for their tax cuts would eat up all of the $3 billion of new operational expenditure for future years, which I set out earlier in the speech. This would leave no room to increase expenditure on the likes of health, as our population ages; education; or salaries for nurses and police.