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

My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. Given that the Australian Greens have a bill before the parliament to close the state royalties loophole in the mining tax, and given that the Treasurer wrote to the states in August, warning the states not to increase royalties or the government would dock the states the same amount of federal funding, can the minister inform the Senate of the states' response to the Treasurer's letter and, in particular, whether the government has actually docked any funding? If not, how much are the state royalty increases costing the federal budget?