Tony Smith (Casey, Liberal Party, Deputy Chairman , Coalition Policy Development Committee) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Deputy Speaker, I am trying to do that, but I would point out that the Assistant Treasurer is interjecting when we are dealing with something as serious as a tax laws amendment bill. I think it would be a lot better for the House and for him if he actually concentrated, instead of yabbering on while we are dealing with the amendments.

I am going to deal with a couple of issues that he raised. I am going to repeat what I said in my speech on the second reading. The coalition think it is more appropriate to consider these requests on a case-by-case basis rather than to open a new category at this point. There is one provider. That one provider has been rejected by the government. This government's track record of getting things wrong in tax laws amendment bills is endless. I deal with a lot of these tax laws amendment bills and, in bill after bill, there are schedules correcting this minister's previous mistakes. He says that if this general category is not created, the one provider—

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