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

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. I note the minister’s assertion that, for the Gillard government, the notion that the role of the finance minister is to ensure that taxpayers’ money is efficiently spent is a false premise. If the Prime Minister cannot trust her own finance minister to be the best person available to oversee government spending, why should the Australian people?