Gary Nairn (Eden-Monaro, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Bruce for his question. I notice the Labor Party have not given the current member for Isaacs much support, which will be to the great detriment of the Labor Party, I think, because I think she has been a good member. She was certainly a very good Deputy Chair of the Standing Committee on Science and Innovation when I chaired it. But, as I said, circumstances do change and it is necessary for members and senators to relocate their electorate offices. We try to get the best deal that we can. The individual members and senators work closely with the department to get the best deal. We try to minimise the amount of excess rent sometimes when things have to change, and this happens—

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