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

Mr President, I suggest that is actually the same question I was asked in the first place. I will see if there is any further information I can provide the senator. We have gone through a very long consultation process, not just prior to the election but subsequently with industry, about the design of the mining tax. It was a consultation process, you might recall, that Mr Argus was involved with and all those interested had the capacity, as far as I am aware, to put their views. The assertions made by the senator, I would suggest to him, are not correct.

It is interesting, Mr President, that Senator Cormann is so interested in revenue figures, because he is not interested in revenue figures when it comes to his own budget balance. He is not interested in the fact that the coalition want to vote against the revenue measures but fund the expenditure measures. He knows— (Time expired)