House debates Questions without Notice: Additional Answers
Economy
Peter Costello Higgins, Liberal Party, Treasurer
3:12 pm
Mr Speaker, I seek the indulgence of the chair to add to an answer.
Peter Costello Higgins, Liberal Party, Treasurer
I wish to make it clear that in the answer I was talking about the fact that the Treasury estimate of revenue from mining companies over eight years was $22 billion compared with the estimates that the Leader of the Opposition was making, which were 10 times that amount.