Ms Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, I took the decision on 10 July, so that's the first date that you've asked. I did inform the Prime Minister prior to my decision being made public, and it's not something that is routinely done, and I doubt very much whether the former minister did that either, because decisions are not routinely done—

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