Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. I refer to his previous answer and I also refer to the now Treasurer's statement in parliament in 2009:

… so we put forward a constructive proposal to increase the excise on tobacco by 12½ per cent …

So why did the Treasurer just rule out doing that by adopting Labor's plans?

Mr Husic interjecting—

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