QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:03): Senator, really! You would know we've only just passed the core legislation. We've given the undertaking— Senator Cash: You know there's a flaw.

Senator WONG: These are changes which, from my recollection, are coming 1 July 2027, so a year from today. I can indicate to you that drafting instructions, I'm sure, will be prepared in relation to the tranches of legislation that have been flagged, both by the Treasurer and the Prime Minister, to deal with some of the detail of these tax policies well ahead of 1 July 2027, which is when the relevant changes are to come in.

Senator Cash: Then why did you rush them through? Senator WONG: I'll take that interjection from the Leader of the Opposition. I say to her: I know that you don't enjoy the fact that the majority of the parliament was against you when it came to these tax policies, but it is a good thing for certainty to be delivered to the market, and that certainty is— (Time expired)