Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. The minister seems to be suggesting that Telstra, rather than the government, are setting the rules for this process. If the minister wants to quote Telstra, my supplementary question is as follows: Telstra equally said that they were unable to submit a full and detailed bid as part of the minister’s tender process. In light of this, and given the Auditor-General’s advice, how can the minister justify allowing Telstra’s letter to be formally considered under exactly the same process as other full and detailed bids, directly in contravention of what seems to be the Auditor-General’s own advice?