Senate debates

Tuesday, 11 September 2018

Bills

Social Services Legislation Amendment (Cashless Debit Card Trial Expansion) Bill 2018; In Committee

1:22 pm

Photo of Mitch FifieldMitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

A profit is something that a business has after they've accounted for their expenditures. The government doesn't know what the profits of individual businesses are. The government would know what is paid in the contract, but a government wouldn't know what the profit of an individual business is.

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