Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The grey areas are where it is actually a question of interpretation. I think all of us at one time or another would have really appreciated the opportunity to pick up the phone and say, 'I am proposing to do this. Is this within entitlement or not?' We all make—

Senator Ian Macdonald interjecting—

Even you, Senator Macdonald. Nobody is accusing you of rorting entitlements, but wouldn't it have been good on some occasions to say, 'Is this within entitlement or not; I'm not sure'? And then you can—