Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern and Remote Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a second supplementary question. I would like the minister to reassure the people of North Queensland that a permanent placement will be made to the Family Court in Townsville. The minister will be aware that at estimates he promised, on behalf of the Attorney-General, that it would be done. The Attorney-General's office told us that there would be an advertisement on 3 March and there was not. Are these promises by the minister similar to the Prime Minister's promise that there would be no carbon tax or to her ironclad guarantee to maintain the health insurance rebate? Should people just ignore the promise— (Time expired)