Don Randall (Canning, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Local Government) Share this | Hansard source

Absolutely. There are misguided people all around Australia on this issue. At the end of the day, this tax is misdirected and misguided. The number of people to be affected is not known and the amount is not known. The problem is that the Prime Minister is not even sure who should be paying the tax.

My electorate has been affected by bushfires on two occasions recently. In the Lake Clifton bushfires, 11 houses were burnt and there were 72 houses burnt in the recent Roleystone-Kelmscott fires. Interestingly—to show you just what a mess this is—Senator Cormann in estimates yesterday asked Treasury official, Mr David Tune—

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