Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

As I understand it, the journalist spoke to the AEC official and then spoke to Mr Nairn’s office. As a result of what the journalist told Mr Nairn’s office about what the AEC was saying, Mr Nairn’s office contacted the AEC to clarify those remarks and to see if that was in fact what the AEC official had said. It was a conversation based on clarification of the comments made by the AEC official to the journalist—no more, no less than that. In relation to Mr Burmester’s advice, it will, as I said, be provided to the AEC. I am not aware that there is any intention to make that advice public.