Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party, Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

If the minister cannot provide the most basic answer to a quite simple question which should be at the forefront of his mind—and unfortunately the minister has a bad habit of not knowing what is in his own bill—I think it is very important at this juncture. We can go back into our rooms and watch this on television, and I am quite happy to do that. All he has to do is tell us how much the entity is borrowing. It goes to the point of the capacity to finance it and it goes to the service delivery. It is all interconnected; he knows that. It is a very simple question: does the taxpayer pick up the tab if the whole thing falls over? Watching tonight, that is what they want to know.