Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Minchin. The process of advice to government, as is well known to the former minister for finance and former Leader of the Government in the Senate, is that we will receive that advice and provide advice after the process. I am happy to consider—and I will take it on notice—whether or not we can provide any further advice to assist in the public debate between now and the time of the formal government decision, but we will be happy to release it after the government has made a decision. That is not something, I think, that is inconsistent with past practices of all governments. I am happy to consider the issue of whether other information can be made available subject to it not undermining the ongoing processes, because the recommendations may not be final. There may be two recommendations, as I have indicated in the past. So to reveal—