Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I have some questions to ask which I raised in my speech in the second reading debate

. I will be as quick as I can. These issues were raised in an Australian National Audit Office report in May this year. Concerns were raised about the whole issue of the collection of the excise. The Australian National Audit Office, the Auditor-General, raised a number of concerns in relation to the rigorousness, if you like, of the collection of these taxes. These concerns were effectively expressed in the context of the Australian Taxation Office. I think these are legitimate matters of public concern.