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Tuesday, 28 November 2006
Page: 198


Mr Murphy asked the Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer, in writing, on 5 September 2006:

(1)   Further to his reply to question No. 8 (Hansard, 5 September 2006, page 69), which I directed to the Treasurer on 17 November 2004, is he aware that I asked the identical question of the Treasurer, and that question was question 2990, which appeared on the Notice Paper of 11 February 2004 and was not answered before the dissolution of the 40th parliament.

(2)   Why did it take the Australian Taxation Office more than two years and six months to provide the information for the purposes of answering my question.


Mr Dutton (Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer) —The answer to the honourable member’s question is as follows:

(1)   Yes.

(2)   The Commissioner of Taxation advised that the delays in answering the question on notice were as a result of the extensive research and consideration which had to be undertaken to respond to the questions asked.