Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. As Senator Conroy noted, the Acting Prime Minister yesterday did tell the parliament:

The outcome of the tender round will be available and will be transparent for all members of the House later in the week.

Is the minister actually saying that the Acting Prime Minister was not indicating that the government will issue a statement—that the government will not issue any statement whatsoever in relation to the tenders that have been received? What on earth was the Acting Prime Minister saying in indicating, ‘The outcome of the tender round will be available and will be transparent’? How can it be transparent and available if the government itself issues no statement whatsoever at the close of tenders?