QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Ms PRICE (Durack) (14:41): My question is to the Minister for Small Business. The ATO Commissioner of Taxation made the decision to ban credit card payments from small and family businesses on 25 September. He says he informed the government immediately.

Yesterday the minister admitted the first she heard about the ATO's ban was on 1 October, the day it became public. Has the minister asked the Treasurer why he kept her in the dark?