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

I did answer that question. I'm one person. I'm a senator for the great state of Western Australia. I'm also the Minister for Finance. I attend events. I don't believe that I'm ever responsible for sending out invitations. As I noted, anyone who operates either on the shadow frontbench or on the government's frontbench—or, I would suggest, even senior representatives of the Greens—would attend events that are designed to mobilise the required level of support to maximise their chances of being successful at an election. That is an entirely unremarkable reality of the democratic process.