Senate debates

Wednesday, 31 October 2012

Questions without Notice

Mining

2:01 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I am not in a position to give that level of detail.

An opposition senator: It is hardly a surprise.

Senator, you may be able to recall every aspect of every tax in detail, but I am not in a position to provide the particular detail which is being referred to. I am not sure if this was in the letter that I got some time ago. Maybe Senator Cormann can refer me to it. But, as I said to him at the time, it is still a question without notice. I am happy to take that on notice and see if I can provide any further details. Obviously the usual caveats would apply. We are not going to be disclosing the individual tax affairs of companies. That is obviously not appropriate for the government to do. I also make the more important point from the budget perspective that the design of the tax—

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