Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I have been asked about precedents. The precedents should be known to those opposite. I suspect a couple of them might have been staffers, because it was the former Howard government and the former Treasurer, Peter Costello, who introduced gag clauses into Commonwealth contracts when those opposite were in power. They are very silent over there about the principle of freedom of speech. Who removed that? This Labor government removed that policy. Where else is it in place? Queensland.