QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Dr ALY (Cowan—Minister for Small Business, Minister for International Development and Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:42): I answered questions on this yesterday. I've been clear that small businesses should have been consulted on the credit card ban, and I recognise that the Treasurer acted really swiftly to provide transitional funding so that the ATO can continue accepting credit card transactions until the end of the financial year.

Opposition members interjecting—