Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Making the same old tired accusations day after day after day like Senator Cormann does is not a replacement for intelligent questioning of a minister in question time. This is a political campaign by Senator Cormann—and that is fine if he wants to pursue that—but it is not about the proper responsibilities of the government in dealing with commercial-in-confidence information.

We have tried to deal with those companies openly and frankly and protect the commercial-in-confidence information they have provided to us. The Australian community can have complete confidence that all the relevant government forecasting is released, that the government budget will be underpinned by that forecasting, and that Australians will be very clear as to the amount of revenue that is expected to be garnered by the passing of the tax. (Time expired)

Mr President, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.