Susan McDonald (Queensland, National Party, Shadow Minister for Resources) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Finance, Senator Gallagher. Minister, in the Australian newspaper on Saturday respected political commentator and author Paul Kelly wrote:

Gallagher denied misleading parliament but the facts told something different—while she had told Senate estimates "no one had any knowledge" of Higgins's pending revelations, she admitted in her statement that "I was provided with information in the days before the allegations were first reported."

It is obvious Gallagher misled the parliament.

Minister, how can Australians trust your government if you won't admit what everybody knows—that you did mislead the parliament—and why won't you do the right thing and simply correct the record?