House debates

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2009-2010

Consideration in Detail

8:20 pm

Photo of Kay HullKay Hull (Riverina, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

The minister has made reference in the past to the way in which forward estimates on drought funding are calculated, saying it was identical to the way in which it was done under the previous government. This was as a result of a question without notice to you on Thursday, 14 May. In your response to that question, you indicated that the method was identical, but then this evening you indicated that there are some differences to the way we did it. On Thursday, 14 May, you made a statement with quite an impact about the Nationals and the people on this side, saying the way of doing forward estimates was identical—identical—but this evening you have made the statement, ‘Well, it does differ.’ What is the truth?

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