Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Minchin, Minister representing the Prime Minister. Can the minister confirm that in the first four years Senator Santoro was in the Senate, prior to his declaration of December 2006, he only declared owning shares in Telstra and the Queensland Gas Company? Is the minister confident that the earlier nine declarations made by Senator Santoro from December 2002 through to June 2006 are completely accurate? Isn’t it clear from the last week that Senator Santoro has been heavily engaged in share trading over an extended period, potentially since entering the Senate? Will the minister, as the government leader in the Senate, now insist that Senator Santoro tonight make a full and complete explanation to the Senate on his share trading since 2002? Don’t the public and the Senate deserve the truth?