Kimberley Kitching (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Government Accountability) Share this | Hansard source

Labor supports this amendment. To implement this legislation, carriers would have had to have changed their IT systems and, in some instances, develop new capabilities in order to determine levy liabilities in their enterprise footprints. We think this amendment to delay the commencement of the levy is sensible, given, as the minister has stated, the impact of COVID-19. We are quite close to the next financial year. With the priorities facing the industry in relation to COVID-19, having a commencement date of 1 July would have presented serious challenges, so Labor supports this amendment.