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

I don't accept the characterisation that Senator Chisholm has put on it. The correspondence that has been released is entirely consistent with the statements the Prime Minister has made on a number of occasions now. Of course, the Prime Minister and the Prime Minister's office, like prime ministers in the past, have made representations on behalf of colleagues. Ultimately the decision-maker was Senator McKenzie. All of these things are long on the public record.