George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I note that the ground put forward by the minister for not releasing the full document before parliament rises is no longer ‘commercial in confidence’ but ‘consideration by cabinet’. Since the business case has obviously already been the subject of detailed and close analysis by the government, does the minister still maintain the fiction, 16 days after its delivery, that a redacted form of the full document cannot now be released? What interest is the minister protecting—the public interest, or his own collapsing career?