Catryna Bilyk (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Abetz. I refer to Senator Johnston's statement last week reaffirming his call to the Western Australian Liberal Party conference, which said:

If you are unhappy with Western Australia receiving 38c in the dollar as a return on your GST, what you need to do is make a detailed submission to the white paper inquiry on federalism and the white paper inquiry on tax reform.

I also refer to the Prime Minister's edict in the party room this week that there should be no submissions by federal Western Australian Liberals. Will the government allow coalition members and senators to make submissions to these white paper inquiries?