Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

The first point I would make is that what we are doing as a government is supporting a robust and strong corporate tax regime. The government has made a number of changes to strengthen that corporate tax regime to make sure the companies in this country do pay their fair share of tax, and I certainly expect and will do everything I can as the minister to ensure that companies that make profits in this country pay their fair share of taxes.

As I mentioned in response to the first question from Senator Di Natale, Adani are a company operating in this country right now. They have operated a large coal terminal in Queensland for six years. Again, if there have been allegations or if Senator Di Natale has allegations of Adani not paying their fair share of corporate tax, I would be interested to hear them and the government would of course be looking to follow those up with the Australian Taxation Office. But, to my knowledge, there have not been such allegations. I expect all companies in this country to pay their fair share of tax. Adani are no different than any other company.