Mitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Conroy. I refer to the minister’s answer yesterday where he asserted in response to my question about the KAP Motors case:

… the Federal Court decision has not had impact on the Commonwealth budget.

Is the minister aware that it was the Rudd Labor government who took the decision to include GST revenue as Commonwealth revenue in the budget papers? Is the minister further aware that the government’s own budget papers, at page 5-12 in Budget Paper No. 1, confirm that the KAP Motors decision is described as accounting for a decrease in forecast revenue of around $500 million? Will the minister now admit he was wrong yesterday and correct his answer?