Bob Baldwin (Paterson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Defence Science and Personnel) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question without notice is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to the standards for ministerial ethics that he set-down in December 2007, and to an interview on 4 May this year between the Minister for Defence and Laurie Oakes. The minister was asked:

… what Mark Latham wrote was ‘The full list of largess received by the Fitzgibbon family is yet to be made public’. Is there any more to be made public?

The Minister for Defence replied:

No.

Is the Prime Minister satisfied that the Minister for Defence has complied with the standards of ministerial ethics, including making full disclosure on his register of members interests as required by this parliament?

Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his question. The minister has plainly made a mistake as far as his declarations are concerned. The minister came into the House last night and made a statement to the parliament concerning that. I refer you also to what the minister has answered in question time today.