Chris Pearce (Aston, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I want to encourage the member for Prospect not to verbal me today. I understand that he enjoys being negative, but I am a positive person. As I said before, the Department of the Treasury consults more than any other government department, I am sure. That is why I am glad to be in this portfolio. They do a marvellous job of consulting with stakeholders and they will continue to do that. I confirm that the Department of the Treasury will consult with industry stakeholders. That is what the member for Prospect wants me to say. They do that each and every day. In terms of taking on board sworn evidence of Senate inquiries, the government places a high degree of importance on Senate inquiries and Senate activity and it will review all evidence in relation to every inquiry in the way that it always does—in a very serious and dedicated way.

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