Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the recent statement of the Canadian Minister of Finance, Jim Flaherty, who said of the supertax:

If it is what it appears to be, a significant tax increase, that’s another competitive advantage for Canada.

And I refer to the recent statement of the Chilean mining minister, Laurence Golborne, who said—and I quote from an article headed ‘Chile mining to benefit from Australia tax changes’:

The situation in Australia is a tremendous opportunity for Chile …

When will the Prime Minister back down from his bad tax policy that will damage the competitive advantage Australia has had over its rivals in the resource export sector?

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