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

If the matter is as important as the Leader of the Opposition says it is, perhaps I could be heard in silence when I answer the question.

Opposition senators interjecting—

Apparently not. Apparently it is not being treated seriously by the opposition, but, nevertheless, let me proceed with my answer. Senator Collins, in any event, your question is based on a false premise. I have addressed this more than once before. The record was corrected immediately—immediately it was confirmed to me that the evidence was incorrect. That occurred early on the Thursday afternoon of the second week of estimates, and I actually took the trouble, Senator Collins, of having the correction of the record hand-delivered to the Senate committee secretariat so that the Senate committee could be made aware of the correction as soon as possible.