Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

The cost of this measure—reflected in the budget paper in the usual way, over the four-year forward estimates period—is $2.7 billion. It is costed, it is fully funded and, indeed, as to the effect of policy decisions on the budget bottom line, it is an improvement of $1.7 billion over the forward estimates.