Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I was addressing the issue of regulation. Some $4.5 billion in compliance and other regulatory costs have been removed by this government. Some 10,000 pages of regulation have been cleared away to ensure that businesses across the country can get on with their jobs. Regarding an issue of cross-border regulation, and particularly where those issues might deal with state and territory jurisdictions, they are things that are properly addressed through the COAG process, which the Prime Minister has been a strong leader on in terms of getting those sorts of economic reform agendas on the COAG agenda. We are very open to the proposals when it comes to reducing regulation in this country. We have $4½ billion worth of regulatory savings that back our record up on that and more than 10,000 pages of regulations that have been removed to support that position.

I am sorry that, at this stage, I will not be able to be in Wodonga tomorrow. I would love to be there with Sophie Mirabella, who would make an outstanding return to the House as the member for Indi.

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