Stuart Robert (Fadden, Liberal Party, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, I announced to the public on 19 November that we would be pausing all recovery of debts that were raised either solely or partially by income averaging. To see how far the practice went back, to understand governments' consistent practice as to what they believed was sufficient, a random sample was undertaken, and—surprise, surprise—16 per cent of all debts in 2009 were raised through income averaging by those opposite, and 24 per cent in 2011—

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