Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

I will get to that. They come into this place and say, ‘Look, for some reason or other the $12 billion in stamp duty and land taxes imposed on the cost of houses by the state and territory governments is something that the Australian people should just simply ignore.’ Well we on this side will not wear that, and neither will the Australian people. In 2004-05 $12 billion in stamp duty and taxes were collected, and it has gone up a great deal since that time. I will repeat that for the benefit of the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate: in 2004-05 $12 billion dollars of stamp duty and taxes were collected.