Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I am just trying to establish whether he did or not. Whether you believed that he did or not is completely irrelevant, but it seems that, unfortunately, as the Minister representing the Prime Minister, you are not able to answer a fundamental question, so I will move on to my last set of questions—which you will probably not answer either, but I will ask them anyway. Of those eight ILUAs that were pending registration which this bill seeks to validate despite the fact that they may not have unanimous support by the registered native title claimants, at least two of the mining companies involved are Fortescue and Rio Tinto. Both companies have donated to the Liberal Party. What discussions, if any, were had between either you or the Prime Minister and representatives from Fortescue and Rio about this bill?