Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research) Share this | Hansard source

The government has not censored Austrade. I repeat: what has occurred is that the government is implementing a reform that the Liberal Party did not have the courage to implement when in government. It proposed actions and did not budget for them. As a result, we now have a situation where the Liberal Party is once again acting in a most hypocritical manner in suggesting that changes that it proposed in government are not being followed. The submission was not cleared through the minister’s office—which is custom and practice across the government. As it was under the previous government and as it is under this government, it is custom and practice for departments to present—(Time expired)