Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister confirm that, in his absence, the Minister for Finance and Deregulation has been chairing many meetings of the all-important Expenditure Review Committee of cabinet, which is responsible for analysing and finalising the budget line by line? What does this say about the Prime Minister’s confidence in the Treasurer, when for more than 30 years it has always been the Treasurer that chairs that committee in the Prime Minister’s absence? Given the Prime Minister does not trust the Treasurer to chair this committee whenever he is not present, why should the Australian people trust him to manage our $1.1 trillion economy?

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