Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, the PBO costing showed a 10 per cent royalty would raise $15 billion over the coming decade. That would go a long way towards funding a handy raise in the Newstart allowance. Minister, I doubt that you or I could live on a meagre $40 a day. So why does your government lay out the red carpet for multinational oil and gas companies—some of the biggest, wealthiest and most powerful companies on this planet—and allow them to take out resources for nothing, but refuse to lift the Newstart allowance?