Senate debates

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008; a New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition — General) Amendment Bill 2008; a New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition — Customs) Amendment Bill 2008; a New Tax System (Luxury Car Tax Imposition — Excise) Amendment Bill 2008

In Committee

5:59 pm

Photo of Stephen ConroyStephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The price of vehicles, as Senator Abetz well knows, is publicly available. I am pleased to see that the member for Wentworth’s habits are catching on already—he likes to quote himself, and Senator Abetz likes to ask himself questions. As I said, and maybe you misheard, the data that goes into the Treasury modelling is not publicly available. I do not think I can be clearer than that, Senator Abetz. I do not think it is a deceptive answer; I am simply making the point that the model itself and the data that goes into the modelling are not publicly available.

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