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was corruption. According to the Chief Minister there was corruption, but we do not know how it happened. It is nothing to do with us. It somehow happened.
It just goes to show how thin the argument has been in favour of this tax. If that was indeed the case, if the Treasurer really believed that there had been corruption by her officials in order to do this dodgy deal that she claims was done, then I think a lot more would have been done to get to the bottom of it.
Madam Deputy Speaker, the amendments themselves do the absolute opposite of what Ms Hunter claims they do and what Ms Gallagher claims. They make an already bad piece of legislation even worse. You can look at the various bits. They say, “It is going to be on a website; so it will be all okay. That will stop corruption. That will stop the Wollongong-style Labor way of doing things.” I do not think so. This bill is a recipe for corruption. It is a recipe for rent seeking. He who lobbies hardest, he who lobbies hardest—
Mr Barr: He has discovered the words. He has been hanging the shingle up on his office door.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Barr!
MR SESELJA: He who lobbies hardest, he who lobbies hardest—
Mr Barr: He has discovered rent seekers, has he? They have been beating a path to your door all your career.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Barr!
MR SESELJA: He who lobbies hardest—
Mr Barr interjecting—
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Barr!
MR SESELJA: Madam Deputy Speaker, I am very happy to speak over his interjections just as long as we are given the same courtesy. I am very happy for an open and robust debate where we can yell across the chamber but otherwise let us get on with it. As long as it is one standard, we will stick with it. If I can interject as much as I like, then I will do it.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Seselja, you will notice that Mr Barr is not interjecting at the moment; so you do not need to yell.
MR SESELJA: I understand that. I think that was because of the volume at which I had to speak in order to get above him.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: You do not have to yell so much.
MR SESELJA: Madam Deputy Speaker, this is a recipe for corruption. It will be whoever does the best deals. Whoever does the best deals will not pay the tax. We hear the arguments about simplicity. Here it is. Here is the simplicity that has been
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