Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the minister for that and I appreciate his and the Treasurer’s commitment to do that examination. I think that will alleviate a lot of the concerns I and the fishing industry have. I wonder, as a matter of curiosity—and I do not want to prolong this—is he able to indicate why the form has to be on paper and why it takes four to 14 days to get back? I heard the minister say—and I heard it said before—that the Taxation Office is not able to run two parallel systems. But, gee whiz, in this day and age computers mean that you can press one button or another button—