Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

That is very droll. Let me say up-front that clearly Senator Polley has not studied my very comprehensive statement to the Senate with as much attention as she should have, because if she had studied the statement I made to the Senate she would have been able to ascertain the fact that I denied the payment of any rent. What happened after the election, given that Senator Day was re-elected after the election, given that he chose to re-enliven his claim for payment of rent, given that there was a deadline looming of 14 August, was that the whole issue had to be reconsidered at that point. From my point of view, when I dealt with it, it was dealt with. Of course, all of these matters are explained in some great detail and in some great depth in my very comprehensive statement to the Senate on Monday.