QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator PATERSON (Victoria) (14:20): The Australian reports this morning concerns from Labor MPs who hate this tax. They join former prime minister Paul Keating, former Treasury secretary Ken Henry, former RBA governor Philip Lowe, former ACTU secretary Bill Kelty and even the current ACTU secretary, Sally McManus, in slamming the government's unfair super tax grab.

Why is the government stubbornly persisting with a friendless tax on unrealised capital gains?