James Paterson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Cyber Security) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, I'm not sure if you realise, but you are the first minister in the government to confirm that it is this government's intention to appoint a crossbencher or a minor party member to the committee and the first minister to publicly articulate that the reason for these changes is to allow that to occur. Previously, the Prime Minister, the Attorney-General and others who have been asked about this have said that it is just a matter for the Prime Minister and that you will not commit to who is going to be appointed to this committee. Have you just revealed the deal has been done? Is it Andrew Wilkie? Is it a member of the Greens? Is it another member of the crossbench? Who has the deal to join the PJCIS been done with? Or do you want to clarify your answer?