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

As I said before, it is interesting that those on the other side do not want to talk about the effect on employment of a Liberal royalty increase but they are happy to exaggerate and make false claims about the effect on jobs of a Labor government's policy. I will share this with the Senate in response to the question: this comment has been previously made—'increasing tax on mining will cripple Australia's most productive industry and anyone who does not think this will deter investment has got rocks in their head'. Who said that?

Senator Conroy interjecting—

No. It is even better. It is our own Lord Brandis!

Opposition senators interjecting—