Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I rise on a point of order on the requirement to be directly relevant. The minister should not be trying to answer a question she was asked yesterday. The question is not about factoring in decisions by state governments to increase their royalties. The question is whether any taxpayer of the mining tax has yet claimed any royalty credits. Has any royalty credit actually been claimed against any mining tax liability? Yes or no? It is not about factoring in decisions by various state governments about actual claims being made.