Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Special Minister of State. Will the minister confirm the taxpayer funded industrial relations ads now on television were written and produced and the advertising space booked before his Ministerial Committee on Government Communications approved the campaign last Thursday?

Gary Nairn (Eden-Monaro, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I will not confirm that, because that is not what occurred. The Ministerial Committee on Government Communications met a number of times to look at various aspects of the information campaign and finalised those matters on Thursday last week.