Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The opposition will be opposing this motion. The resource royalties regime in Australia is generally robust. The recent ANAO report and commentary in the media has, however, raised some questions about the resource royalty and taxation regime. While noting that the ANAO did not make any adverse findings against resource companies, we are concerned about issues raised in the report regarding the management of the system by the current government. Labor want to see immediate action from the government regarding the important issues the ANAO report raises. We believe the terms of reference of the Senate Economics References Committee— (Time expired)