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- Start of Business
- BUSINESS
- FUTURE FUND BILL 2005
- BANKRUPTCY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (ANTI-AVOIDANCE) BILL 2005
- OHS AND SRC LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2005
- AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AUTHORITY BILL 2005
- AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AUTHORITY (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2005
- TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2005 MEASURES NO. 6) BILL 2005
- WORKPLACE RELATIONS AMENDMENT (WORK CHOICES) BILL 2005
- HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT (ABOLITION OF COMPULSORY UP-FRONT STUDENT UNION FEES) BILL 2005
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (WELFARE TO WORK AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2005
- FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (WELFARE TO WORK) BILL 2005
- HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (2005 MEASURES NO. 3) BILL 2005
- MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Helth: Cancer Treatment
(Ferguson, Michael, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP) -
Taxation
(Swan, Wayne, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Automotive Industry
(Richardson, Kym, MP, Macfarlane, Ian, MP) -
Mr Robert Gerard
(Fitzgibbon, Joel, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Voluntary Student Unionism
(Keenan, Michael, MP, Nelson, Dr Brendan, MP) -
Mr Robert Gerard
(Swan, Wayne, MP, Costello, Peter, MP) -
Indigenous Aged Care and Hearing Services
(Haase, Barry, MP, Bishop, Julie, MP) -
Mr Robert Gerard
(Swan, Wayne, MP, Costello, Peter, MP)
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Helth: Cancer Treatment
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Taxation and Superannuation
(Henry, Stuart, MP, Brough, Mal, MP) -
Water Management
(Windsor, Antony, MP, Howard, John, MP) -
Work for the Dole
(Lindsay, Peter, MP, Dutton, Peter, MP) -
Oil for Food Program
(Rudd, Kevin, MP, Vaile, Mark, MP) -
Building Entrepreneurship in Small Business Program
(Ticehurst, Kenneth, MP, Bailey, Fran, MP) -
Oil for Food Program
(Rudd, Kevin, MP, Vaile, Mark, MP) -
New Apprenticeships
(Thompson, Cameron, MP, Hardgrave, Gary, MP)
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Taxation and Superannuation
- MR ROBERT GERARD
- BUSINESS
- COMMITTEES
- DOCUMENTS
- QUESTIONS TO THE SPEAKER
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN TELESCOPE AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2005
- MAIN COMMITTEE
- COMMITTEES
- ANTI-TERRORISM BILL (NO. 2) 2005
- TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (LOSS RECOUPMENT RULES AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2005
- HIGHER EDUCATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (2005 MEASURES NO. 3) BILL 2005
- EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (WELFARE TO WORK AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2005
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- PARLIAMENTARY LIBRARY COMMITTEE
- OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT) AMENDMENT (PROMOTING SAFER WORKPLACES) BILL 2005
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- NOTICES
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Main Committee
- Start of Business
- STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
- ANGLO-AUSTRALIAN TELESCOPE AGREEMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2005
- COMMITTEES
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- COMMITTEES
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
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QUESTIONS IN WRITING
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Commonwealth Departments: Programs and Grants
(Burke, Anna, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP) -
Commonwealth Departments: Programs and Grants
(Bird, Sharon, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP) -
Commonwealth Departments: Programs and Grants
(Hayes, Chris, MP, Abbott, Tony, MP) -
Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation
(Bowen, Chris, MP, McGauran, Peter, MP) -
Domestic and Overseas Air Travel
(Quick, Harry, MP, Kelly, De-Anne, MP) -
ABC Asia Pacific
(Gibbons, Steve, MP, Nelson, Dr Brendan, MP)
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Commonwealth Departments: Programs and Grants
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Mr SWAN (2:14 PM)
—My question is directed to the Treasurer. Treasurer, are you aware—
Government members interjecting—
Mr SWAN
—You wish. Treasurer, are you aware that Commonwealth guidelines for prosecuting tax offences say:
Offences involving taxation matters should be prosecuted by the DPP under the Crimes Act ... where ... serious fraud on the revenue was involved.
Treasurer, do tax evasion allegations involving up to one-quarter of a billion dollars amount to serious fraud on the revenue? Is the Treasurer concerned that the ATO is not applying tax prosecution guidelines consistently? Will the Treasurer direct the Board of Taxation to investigate whether the ATO is consistently applying its guidelines?
The SPEAKER
—I remind the Treasurer that he is not obliged to give a legal opinion, but there are other parts of the question that he can respond to.
Mr COSTELLO (Treasurer)
—The enforcement of the guidelines of the Australian Taxation Office is a matter for the Australian Taxation Office. It is responsible for enforcing and following its own guidelines and it is the Commissioner of Taxation’s obligation to enforce them. If allegations are being made against the Commissioner of Taxation, I suggest that the honourable member direct his questions to him.