Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As I say, this issue was canvassed in the press some weeks ago, and explanations were given. It is the case that when the Prime Minister announced the ministry she announced that Ms Roxon was to be the Minister for Health and Ageing, Senator McLucas would be in the portfolio and Ms Macklin would have Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. As the senator knows, Senator McLucas has had a long interest in these issues and was active in these issues when we were in opposition and in government. She was a particularly good choice for the portfolio. The arrangements that existed under the first—