Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for the question. I can confirm—and you have answered the first part of the question for me—it was during the release of those reports and the media in the Northern Territory that I first came to understand about those events. The circumstances under which I received information are—I received no briefing at the time. I said the briefing I should receive was one that all ministers receive. It is a briefing we sign for. We actually say, 'Yes, I've received it.' It would have been a comprehensive briefing. The option you are saying as the other thing is that we had some information in a question time pack. It was exactly the same information—an issue du jour, what is in the media of the day. I can confirm it was exactly the same in the media of the day. You are trying to conflate two types of briefs. One is a brief I know I get. The other is a reflection of the media of the day, and that is what I received in my question time brief at the time. A briefing pack that I should have— (Time expired)