Warren Truss (Wide Bay, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his question—which I have answered, I think, three times already in question time this week, and the answer is not going to change. The evidence before the inquiry is of course on the public record and the Hansard record is printed. The officer concerned said on 7 September:

I did not say to Mr Milby that he should sack his crew and that he should re-flag his vessel.

He said, and it is on the public record, that he did not make that statement. There were meetings between Mr Milby and officers of the department. They discussed elements of the proposed legislation before the parliament and they discussed the various options and the ways in which a person in the industry might seek to respond. They gave no advice to him as to what action—

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