Deborah O'Neill (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

That's a little breathtaking, what just happened there. Because the minister couldn't answer the question, he has outsourced it. The government is now Senator Xenophon. Thank you for the actual correct answer, Senator Xenophon, but how is it that you know the answer to the question that the government is going to be responsible for enacting, and the minister doesn't know it? With all the resources that he has, he can't answer that question. But you know that there is a paper or a newsagency called InDaily down in South Australia that is going to be getting in on the good luck that you've delivered for a certain number—$60.4 million, or $50 million, of it is going to this capacity for agencies to get it. So this is another expression of what is so concerning about what's going on here.

I could ask a global question: Minister, do you actually know what's happening here? Are you going to provide any details about the criteria so that you can answer the questions rather than Senator Xenophon with regard to the detail of matters like this?