Mr ROBERT (Fadden—Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme and Minister for Government Services) (14:06): I thank the member for her question. The government is moving forward on collecting or seeking income compliance debts from 2013-14. There are still existing debts where customers have been sought to respond from prior to that year. But when it comes to the issue of income compliance it's important to understand where this all began. I refer to Rick Morton's article on 6 January 2017 in The Australian. He wrote: Labor's leadership team of Bill Shorten and Tanya Plibersek pioneered the "robo-debt" data-matching system … It turns out the member for Sydney and the member for Maribyrnong are the virtual godparents of robodebt. Now, where would Rick Morton have got that from? He got that from a media release dated 29 June 2011. It was a joint media release issued by the member for Sydney and the member for Maribyrnong. The media release says, 'New data matching to recover millions in welfare dollars.' The SPEAKER: The minister will resume his seat. The member for Barton on a point of order. Ms Burney: On relevance. The question is absolutely about why you misled the public on 7.30 on Monday night. The SPEAKER: I'm listening to the minister. He's, at this point, relating his material to the question that has been asked. I'm listening very closely. The minister has the call. Mr ROBERT: It says: A new data matching initiative between Centrelink and the Australian Taxation Office is expected to claw back millions of dollars from welfare recipients who have debts with the Australian Government. Minister for Human Services Tanya Plibersek— And the assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten— said the new initiative will enhance Centrelink’s debt recovery ability and is expected to recover more than $71 million over four years. Beginning on July 1 this year, Centrelink and the ATO will automatically match data on a daily basis as a way of cross-checking former welfare recipients who have a debt with the Commonwealth. … … … "But if people fail to come to an arrangement to settle their debts, the Government has a responsibility to taxpayers to recover that money." Can I say to the former leader and deputy leader: We agree. We absolutely agree.' Can I say to the godfather and the godmother of income compliance from 2011, from the media release—and I'll table it, just for the efficacy and good memories of the Leader of the Opposition and the deputy leader— Opposition members interjecting— Mr ROBERT: Income compliance data matching on a daily basis was started by those opposite, and now they seek to stop it in some faux degree of indignation that the income compliance love child of the godparents isn't what they'd hoped it to be. Well, we've got news for the opposition: what they began we will continue to move forward in the interests of the Australian taxpayer.