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

Yes, Chopper Read was an honorary Tasmanian, there at the end. That is not to say that I honour Chopper Read at all, however.

Honourable senators interjecting—

It's only because there was an interjection that might have suggested that. Nevertheless, I make this point: we have the ability today to pass this legislation and also to remove the grandfathering exemptions, exemptions that were brought in over 20 years ago by the Keating government and locked in by the Howard government. We have repeatedly raised this issue. It's been raised in numerous Senate inquiries. It's been raised by the Australian tax office at estimates and so on and so forth. There's no excuse for keeping Australians in the dark in terms of the financial matters of these big companies. Let's do it today. Let's get it out of the way and then let's get on with our business.