Senator SHERRY (Tasmania—Minister Assisting on Deregulation and Public Sector Superannuation, Minister for Small Business and Minister Assisting the Minister for Tourism) (14:38): I am not sure whether the question should go to me or to my colleague Senator Wong. Nevertheless, the government looks forward to questions on the mining tax. We have already had two questions, albeit from our side of the chamber, on the mining tax. I am attempting to recollect, and you may correct me in the supplementary, but I understand the question without notice went to costings. I think that is what it went to and I am very happy to talk about the revenue that will be raised by the mining tax and the way in which it will be spent. I am more than happy because the last time I was given figures approximately $11 billion was the amount to be raised by the mining tax. The Labor Party is very proud of this measure because it is to build a stronger and broader Australian economy— Senator Abetz: That is not the question. Senator SHERRY: I am not going to go to what was not the question. I am not going to repeat the earlier contribution that Senator Wong and I made in terms of the tax cuts, for example to small business, and the tax cuts to superannuation. I am not going to go to those issues. I do not want to be repetitive. I do want to stay on what I believe and what I recollect is the issue—that is, the $11 billion. The Liberal Party is going to give the $11 billion back to the mining companies who actually want to pay the tax. I find that quite extraordinary. Not only do they want to give the $11 billion back to the mining companies that want to pay the tax in the first place, but they have committed themselves to one of the major expenditure items: the increase in the superannuation guarantee. (Time expired)