Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport) Share this | Hansard source

It is absolutely within my rights to speak to a motion about why it should be made a parliamentary paper so that it can be available to members of parliament. This has been an issue, Mr Speaker—and you would know full well—of some controversy. The reason that it is significant is that we are talking about transparency. That is why it is important that it be made a parliamentary paper. It is important that the taxpayers of Australia know—as they do through this report—that the department recommended against the funding of the East West Link. The department found—and it is found in the Auditor-General's report—that neither stage 1 nor stage 2—

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