Tony Smith (Casey, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I do not expect the minister to have been watching the half-hour of proceedings prior to his appearance here today, but the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, as the Hansard record will show, gave his best recollection, which was that he found out on the Monday afternoon. The minister has now said he did not find out on that day. In follow-up I asked him when he did discover Budget Paper No. 1 had been pulped.

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