Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Today both the Prime Minister and the Treasurer have refused to say the dollar value of tax deductions forecast to be claimed by the banks in connection with the bank tax. So, Prime Minister, for the third time today, what is the dollar value of tax deductions forecast to be claimed by the banks in connection with the bank tax?

Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to that question is clearly set out in Budget Paper No. 2, plainly set out there, and the net consequences are also set out in Budget Paper No. 2, as I described. But this is just more obfuscation from the shapeshifting hypocrisy we have become used to from the Leader of the Opposition. Only a little while ago he was accusing the government of running a protection racket for the banks. Well, who is doing that now? Who is flinging up all sorts of obscurity and questions which are readily answerable from the budget papers, in the same form they have been from time immemorial? But of course the Leader of the Opposition is trying to crab walk away from the bank levy. He wants to crab walk away from that, just like he crab walked away from his commitment to fully funding the NDIS, just like he crab walked away from the workers at Cleanevent—

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister will resume his seat.

Mr Perrett interjecting—

The member for Moreton will cease interjecting. The Manager of Opposition Business has a point of order.

Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

On direct relevance, the question asks for a number. If the Prime Minister cannot be relevant—

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Manager of Opposition Business can resume his seat. The Prime Minister has indicated that he has concluded his answer.