Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Leader of the Government in the Senate, Senator Brandis. On 27 February when sitting as chair of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Senator O'Sullivan said in relation to the Toowoomba Second Range Crossing project:

I can report on the Toowoomba bypass. It is coming along sterlingly.

Is it appropriate for the chair of a committee to interject and offer a comment on a project in which they have a commercial interest?