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

I was just waiting for the constant repetition from Senator Macdonald to subside slightly. As I said, it was a question that I think suggested on the one hand that the government would abolish the mining tax but on the other hand suggested that we would have a mining tax that someone else suggested. There are a couple of propositions to make about the mining tax, which Senator Cormann does not agree with. We have been very clear on the principle that the Australian people own the resources that are the subject of this tax regime.

Senator Cormann interjecting—