Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. In that case, how much will Mr Bracks be paid per day, seeing that it was not denied that he was going to be appointed? Will the minister share with the Australian people how much Mr Bracks will be paid? If Mr Bracks is to be appointed, is that not a breach of the Prime Minister’s promise not to appoint Labor boys to jobs—jobs for the boys? More importantly, did his department not advise him that the inquiry should be undertaken by the Productivity Commission?