Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Human Services, Housing, Youth and Women) Share this | Hansard source

I know that the minister needs to leave, so I will bundle my two questions into one. In the portfolio budget statements for the Department of Human Services there is an increase in intangibles from $1.6 million in 2006-07 to $86 million in 2007-08. In budget estimates it was revealed by the departmental officials that it was due to the access card. Can you tell us whether these access card intangibles will still be spent, despite the fact that the exposure draft process is now delaying the whole thing? Can you give us an idea of what those intangibles actually relate to?

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