Sean Edwards (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Why does the government think it is appropriate to impose a complex new national tax on an important industry which does not raise any money but has provided a direct incentive to the states to increase their royalties to take advantage of Labor's royalty crediting arrangement? Surely even this Labor government must now concede that its mining tax is an unmitigated disaster.