Senate debates

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Bills

Parliamentary Service Amendment (Parliamentary Budget Officer) Bill 2011; In Committee

6:47 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I will take that interjection. He says I am wrong. That figure was put out there by the finance spokesperson for the coalition. Subsequent to that, we then have additional spending decisions by Mr Abbott, contrary to the advice of Senator Cormann, where apparently there is now a multibillion-dollar promise from the coalition in relation to the spend on superannuation that is funded by the mining tax.

Opposition senators interjecting—

Mr Chairman, I wonder if I could have only one of them interjecting at a time. I have got three at the moment and I just wonder which of them you would like me to respond to.

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