Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given that the minister clearly has not seen the Morgan Stanley report, is she aware of statements made by OneSteel’s chairman, Peter Smedley, that Rudd Labor’s new tax on mining ‘threatens the viability and hence the longevity of our steel business’? Can the minister provide comfort to the people of Whyalla that the government will not be imposing its new tax on the raw materials used in steel production that are essential to keep OneSteel’s plant open?