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

What I would again point out to the honourable senator is that this is the first day of the royal commission getting underway. The royal commission is a process that is now underway because there was a view across the parliament that that was the best way forward. It's a matter of public record that that wasn't necessarily the government's position at all times, but we came to the view that in all of the circumstances it was the best way forward. I think the royal commission should be allowed to do its job. The independent royal commissioner has all of the powers he needs to pursue the royal commission as he sees fit, independently— (Time expired)