Chris Bowen (Prospect, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the minister. I wonder whether the minister could share with the House, in some reasonably but not overly detailed way, how the government projects that the $1.1 billion will be recovered. As I understand it, the government’s position is that the smartcard will be cost neutral and, therefore, that $1.1 billion will be saved through other mechanisms. I wonder whether the minister could share with us exactly how that $1.1 billion is expected to be saved through the operation of the smartcard.

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