Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

They can protest all they like but they know this because it was a statement made in Senate estimates. The member for North Sydney likes to ignore it, but he has a lot of hide to come in here opposing a resource rent tax—absolutely opposing it, lock, stock and barrel—and then to make all sorts of wild and exaggerated claims about revenue streams. The facts are these—

The SPEAKER: There is no need for the honourable member for North Sydney to come to the dispatch box, as I suspect he is taking a point of order on direct relevance—I am intuitive. The Treasurer will become directly relevant.

The shadow Treasurer is asserting that we should have a bigger MRRT after coming into the House and opposing its passage. How hypocritical can you get? The fact is that the former Secretary to the Treasury has made it very clear he does not regard those results as being—

The SPEAKER: Order! I require the term 'hypocritical' to be withdrawn as I am endeavouring to bring about a new tone of civility in the chamber. The Treasurer will withdraw that term.

Mr Speaker, I withdraw.

Mr Hockey interjecting—

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