Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Mr President. Further:

The automation of this process will free up resources and result in more people being referred to the tax garnishee process, retrieving more outstanding debt on behalf of taxpayers.

That is Bill Shorten.

It is important that the Government explores different means of debt recovery to ensure that those who have received more money than they are entitled to repay their debt.

That was Chris Bowen. The government has acknowledged—

Opposition senators interjecting—