Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Mr President. I'm just pointing out the obvious flaws in the premise of the question by pointing out the strong support by the subsequent tourism minister, Martin Ferguson. The other point I would make is that the highly distinguished former chair of Tourism Australia, the former Prime Minister Tim Fischer, was also on the public record indicating what an outstanding job the Prime Minister did as the managing director of Tourism Australia. And I also would refer the Senate to my letter to the President, which was copied to Senator Wong, where I pointed out that I could confirm that the flagship campaign, 'So where the bloody hell are you?' developed under the stewardship of the Prime Minister as managing director, contributed to an additional $2.1 billion in the industry's bottom line over 2007—