Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for the question. I can now advise the House, all members, that the Senate has just repealed the mining tax. The mining tax is now gone. It is testament to a failed Labor government, failed economic policy, failed taxation policy and a failed Treasurer.

The fact is that we promised we would set about fixing the economy and fixing the budget, and that is exactly what we are doing. We are getting on with the job. When we first came to government—

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