The Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, in the course of his summary of the Tax Laws Amendment (2005 Measures No. 6) Bill 2005, which has just been deferred for a later division, misrepresented me on two bases. First, the Minister for Revenue suggested that I was bringing into question the independence of the tax commissioner or suggesting that less independence was required. That is a total misrepresentation of the matters which I put during the second reading debate. The request I made to the minister was to support our proposal to change the legislation, not to undermine the independence of the tax commissioner.

Secondly, the Minister for Revenue suggested that I was accusing the tax office of raising more revenue than it is required to raise under the tax act. That again is a total misrepresentation of what I said during my speech in the second reading debate.