Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. I remind the Treasurer of his statement on 20 November 2011:

The simple fact is . . . the vast majority of the tax will be paid by three companies, BHP Billiton, Rio Tinto and Xstrata.

Given reports that these three big miners have accumulated at least $1.7 billion in mining tax credits, does he stand by that statement?

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