Peter Costello (Higgins, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

They asked the question a week ago, he said. What, they asked the question before you decided on the raid? Was that the point? So, a week ago—he said they asked the question a week ago—the Future Fund had to be more independent, but that was a couple of days before he decided on a $2.7 billion raid.

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