Michael Forshaw (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for his answer, which unfortunately did not answer the thrust of the question about why huge amounts of money are being paid out on premises not utilised. I appreciate the importance of the Australian Federal Police, but in my supplementary question I ask: is the minister aware that the fiasco of the Anzac Park West building comes on top of the fiasco of the new Centrelink national office and the supposedly purpose-built AusAID facility? They were all too small when they were finished. Does the minister consider that spending million of dollars of public money on supposedly purpose-built facilities and buildings for the Australian Federal Police that turn out to be too small is an example of good economic management?