Senate debates

Monday, 20 August 2012

Questions without Notice

Future Fund: Tobacco Investment

2:26 pm

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

That is a matter for the ACT government, not a matter for me. That should be a matter addressed to the ACT treasurer.

What I can say to the senator, consistent with what I previously said, is that whatever one's personal views about investments are, I do, and the government does, have a concern with a proposition that says 'The personal views of a politician should be the ones guiding investment decisions in the Future Fund'. As I said, for Senator Boswell and renewable energy; Senator Abetz might say something about trade unions and Senator Joyce might say something about companies which have foreign investment in agricultural land. None of those things would be an appropriate way—

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