Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. Given that we now know that the mining tax has cost $50 million to collect and only raised $126 million in its first six months yet is linked to $15 billion worth of expenditure, does the Treasurer agree with financial commentator, George Megalogenis, who said of the Treasury yesterday: 'You are almost in idiot territory if you are spending the money ahead of its receipt.' (Time expired)

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