Chris Bowen (Prospect, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law) Share this | Hansard source

I refer my honourable friend to my previous answer, which is that the estimates are conducted by the Treasury. Those Treasury estimates and revenue estimates are on the public record. The basis underpinning them is a matter for the Treasury. Any advice given to the government would of course be cabinet-in-confidence, which I will not publicly comment on. The government stands by the Treasury estimates, both those on budget night and the revised estimates of the revised measure.

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