Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

They probably don't recognise someone of integrity like Senator Pocock, who has been upfront about everything that was discussed and nothing that wasn't. He has been very upfront, as have I. That compares with the opposition, who, when it became known that we weren't aware of how many of these secret ministries were in existence, had a debate in their shadow cabinet and, according to one frontbencher, said, 'The view was we were best not to talk about it.' That's according to Niki Savva. That's not something in the past; that's about the way that they're operating now. When they were embarrassed when the Australian public found out how many treasurers and how many finance ministers there were, what they said was, 'We're best not to talk about it.'

I did a press conference yesterday with the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and talked about exactly what was discussed between me and Senator Pocock. Senator Pocock did a press conference. It's called transparency. We've got it. They never did, and they still don't.

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