Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the shadow minister for her question. As she would well know, there is a well-established convention, for very good reasons of public policy, that cabinet ministers do not comment on or disclose what occurred in cabinet. I recognise it has been quite a long time, for very good reasons, since anybody on the other side of this House was in cabinet, because the Australian people have not seen fit to trust them with the heavy responsibility of government. It is quite curious to be on the receiving end of lectures about probity and public policy from the member for Ballarat, of whom it was said in ANAO report No. 9 of 2014-15, 'the recording of reasons for funding decisions did not adequately explain'—

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