Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

While the question about the role of the AEC is certainly a question that it's in order to ask—I'm not disputing that—it's being asked to a minister who has no responsibility for that agency, simply because the minister referred to it in a radio interview. Ordinarily, it would have to be redirected to the appropriate minister.

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