Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 25 May 2011:

(1)   Under the fuel tax credit scheme providing rebates for off-road diesel use: (a) what was the total rebate paid to the mining industry in the 2009-10 financial year; and (b) can a breakdown of that figure be provided according to each of the following mining industry sectors: (i) coal mining, (ii) oil and gas mining, (iii) metal ore mining, (iv) construction material mining, (v) other non-metallic mineral mining and quarrying, (vi) exploration, and (vii) other mining support services.

(2)   (a) Which mining companies received the 10 highest rebates in the 2009-10 financial year; and (b) for each, what was the name of the company and the amount of rebate received.

(3)   (a) What was the total deduction claimed in the 2009-10 financial year for the mining and quarrying exploration and prospecting deduction; and (b) which companies claimed the 10 largest deductions in the 2009-10 financial year.

(4)   (a) What was the total amount claimed in the 2009-10 financial year in accelerated depreciation; (b) what part of that amount was claimed by the mining industry sectors; and (c) which mining companies claimed the 10 largest deductions.