Steve Irons (Swan, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I hear the member for Wannon continuing to interject. The minister spoke about $500 million of unspecified funding was announced by the member for Lilley in his last budget last year. There are a few things to note about this 'phantom' $500 million. The first and most obvious is that it could never have been delivered because Labor linked it to the mining tax, which has not raised any money. It could never be funded because there was no money to fund it. The tax does not raise any revenue.

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