Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Again, my answers to these matters are going to be the same. When somebody comes to me and provides me with information that they want kept confidential—and it happens all the time in this job—I am going to. What we have seen in the last week with these messages being sprayed around on TV and in newspapers and all the rest of it is sending out the message that, if you share information with anybody, if you confide in anybody, if you seek help from anybody, you will be subject to that information being sought and placed on the public record. I have acted appropriately at all times and with dignity, with respect—