Lee Rhiannon (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. As the minister is in the Turnbull government, it is surprising that he could not answer the question in terms of the responsible use of public money. Hopefully, he can answer this one: given the cost blow-out—and that the planning and delivery of WestConnex has been transferred to a private corporation, the Sydney Motorway Corporation, which is not subject to New South Wales freedom of information requests—how can the minister, or anybody, be confident that the $3.5 billion of federal funds, public money— (Time expired)