As recently as August 2025, Albanese responded to calls for such reform from unions and welfare groups at a productivity roundtable saying: "The only tax policy we're implementing is the one we took to the election." On Monday, Albanese was asked on ABC radio whether the looming changes constituted a broken promise "Any responsible government like ours has to take these issues seriously."He said the government was responding to new issues as it arose, citing as an example the fuel excise cut amid the Middle East war.Inequity between the generations was continuing to be entrenched without reform, he added."Government is about making the right decisions for the right reasons for the times that you are in," Albanese said."If we do change our position on any policy, we will explain why it is that that is occurring."Labor unsuccessfully campaigned on housing tax reform at the 2019 election, which it lost