Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Finance, Competition Policy and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the minister for his answer. I also want to ask the minister a question in relation to second-round effects. It appears that second-round effects have been included in the budget measure ‘Humanitarian migration program—additional 750 Special Humanitarian Program places from 2009-10’. In this instance it appears that the extra migration will result in additional tax revenue of $12.1 million. How is this different from the impact on taxation revenue from, say, employing additional staff, given that this would mean that overall employment has increased?

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