Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to his previous answer about cabinet documents and cabinet related correspondence. Will the Prime Minister, given his answer, now withdraw his statement of 23 February that in relation to the cabinet process:

… no safety concerns were raised.

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

In my answer to the honourable member’s question—or maybe it was the Leader of the Opposition’s question—last week I referred to a series of letters to me from the then minister responsible, Minister Garrett, a number of which related to training matters and therefore by extension to safety matters as well.

Opposition Members:

Opposition members interjecting—

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

It is exactly what I said to the member for Flinders last week. As I also said last week, this correspondence between the minister and me constituted cabinet related correspondence. If the member for Flinders wishes to have access to it, launch an FOI request and it will be tested by the normal independent decision maker under the FOI processes.

Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Action, Environment and Heritage) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker I seek leave to table the statement from the Prime Minister on the 23rd of last month in which he said:

… no safety concerns were raised.

Harry Jenkins (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is not granted.