Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Emergency Management) Share this | Hansard source

I understand that the senator is seeking information about the approach taken by the minister in considering the application, and I'm advised that she carefully considered thousands of pages of documentation. That is the legal obligation of the minister, of course. In these matters and all of the matters that come before Minister Plibersek, she has made it very clear that her first responsibility is to apply the law and to do so in ways that produce sound decisions. I think that members on all sides of this chamber appreciate that Minister Plibersek exercises all the care and diligence that you would expect when applications—legal applications—are put before her.

Honourable senators interjecting—

As has, I think, been indicated to you in interjections, the level of detail you are specifically seeking in terms of dates and times and specific meetings is not information that I presently have with me.