Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Deputy Prime Minister. Ministerial standards require ministers to declare their personal interests to the House. The Deputy Prime Minister has declared 'post-election residual of six months tenancy on Armidale premises'. Is the Deputy Prime Minister satisfied his declaration is sufficiently transparent to comply with his obligations under the ministerial standard given he has not declared who gave him this gift? And can the Deputy Prime Minister explain what these words mean: 'post-election residual of six months tenancy on Armidale premises'?

Barnaby Joyce (New England, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for his question. I'm only too happy to provide the details of that. Those details have been published and circulated widely in the media and they would probably satisfy the answer if you read the paper. First and foremost, that tenancy, because it's from a close friend, doesn't need to be declared at all. I chose to declare it. Prior to that date, I wasn't a member of parliament, as you probably remember, so it didn't need to be declared. I've declared it, it's on the record and it's there for you to see.

Opposition Members:

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Mr Dutton interjecting—

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Minister for Home Affairs is warned.