Bruce Billson (Dunkley, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Small Business, Competition Policy and Consumer Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I am always fond of Treasury. It is Treasurers we have to keep an eye on. We look out for the pre-election budget outcome, because we know your mysterious hand has not gone over those figures and so they have a degree of tidiness about them. Is this an issue of the resourcing of Treasury? Has Treasury received any stakeholder feedback on the delay and is there some reason that that seems not to be 'moving forward', to coin a phrase?

On payday lending, could the minister update us on progress with the proposed payday lending changes contained in the Consumer Credit and Corporation Legislation Amendment (Enhancements) Bill 2011? I acknowledge that the minister has appreciated that payday lending is different to microfinance, and there has been some change there.

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