Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

To answer the Leader of the Opposition's question, I was quoting some of the conclusions of the Policy Transition Group, which was overseen by Don Argus, a very respected Australian and certainly a very respected figure in the resources industry. I think it is perhaps inappropriate for members of the opposition to be jeering a name like Don Argus in this parliament. Don Argus led a policy transition group which brought together representatives of industry and others to work through a series of implementation matters associated with the minerals resource rent tax. Yesterday in the parliament I referred to their conclusions and I referred to a process, which has been ongoing since, involving the Commonwealth Head of Treasury in discussions with state counterparts about the ongoing treatment of state royalties.

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