Rex Patrick (SA, Centre Alliance) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Cormann has given—

Senator Wong interjecting—

I'll come to that. If you stop interjecting, I'll come to it. Senator Cormann has invited us to continue talking with him on this policy issue and, indeed, on other policy issues. That's how the crossbench can work well with government. I can tell you that I do not have a document that links anything to tax cuts or sets a price. The price that I mentioned this morning on the ABC—

Senator Watt interjecting—

No. What I mentioned as an aim point is the price that ACCC chairman Rod Sims has suggested we can get to in terms of gas pricing. There is no agreement that says, 'If you vote for the tax cuts, we will do this.' We are now quite satisfied that the government is moving in a really good direction in relation to gas prices. That's the status of things. There is no written agreement that says, 'You do this, and we will support tax cuts'; I can absolutely assure you of that. There is a dialogue that's taken place, and there have been emails exchanged. There's a draft policy document but, once again, it would be irresponsible to table something that is a draft and is not fully considered.