Steven Ciobo (Moncrieff, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) Share this | Hansard source

I actually thank the member for his question, because there has actually been some debate in the House around the passenger movement charge. So let me just re-enlighten those members opposite about some of the debates we have had about the passenger movement charge.

I quote a member who said:

This is a government that is serious about the future of tourism. This is a government that is serious about a fiscally responsible budget that looks at changes to charges like the PMC in line with indexation to only partly recover the additional costs that have been placed on the government …

That would sort of seem like a fiscally prudent approach—an approach that reflects the need for governments to be responsible. You would almost expect it to be a comment on our side of the chamber, right? But, in fact, it is a comment by the minister opposite—

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