Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I'm aware we are about to hit a hard marker at 12.20, but I will begin my contribution on this bill, the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Waiver of Debt and Act of Grace Payments) Bill 2019, today. As has been explained by previous speakers, this bill is about increasing transparency from the Morrison government—increasing transparency and accountability for very large payments that it has the power to make using public funds. In the last 12 months we have seen one example of that—