James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister to the Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

They could ask at a morning tea. They like morning tea. We know they've brought back the morning tea! They're big on morning teas. They're big on having lots of biscuits and things like that because that's how you rebuild the economy! But what you'd think they could have done is send an all-of-office email—we'd see that—and say: 'By the way, did anyone here know about this meeting? Whoopsie! Someone forgot to go. My bad.' You'd think someone would have done that, but no. Welcome to the new paradigm of the arrogance of this government. It is a new government. They've had four months. They are the government. It breaks my heart to say that; I've worked through my pain! But they are the government, and they are in charge. But guess what? They're not really doing anything because they're not answering questions.

Then my good friend Senator Cash asked question No. 3:

If the Prime Minister or his office did not attend the meeting, was the Prime Minister or his office briefed on this meeting or the outcomes of this meeting; if yes:

a. when and by whom; and

b. what was the Prime Minister or his office told.

These aren't difficult questions. We're not saying, 'Work out world peace.' We're not saying to work out pi, sine and things like that without using a calculator. We're saying: Did you attend a meeting? Was there some information in relation to this meeting? Was there a briefing note? Guess what! We know, Prime Minister's office—