Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

It is not fair to you either, Mr President. My question is to the Minister representing the Treasurer, Senator Wong. I refer to the full-page ad in today's Sydney Morning Herald and other entities by the Australian Coal Association, which might more readily be called the Overseas Owned Coal Association. I ask the minister: is such advertising tax deductible? If so, does the government know how many thousands of dollars of this advertising is coming out of taxpayers' pockets without their warrant?