Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport) Share this | Hansard source

It is important that they know what is in the paper before they decide whether or not it should be published. This goes to transparency. It goes to the fact that this Auditor-General's report—and I speak as a member of the Public Accounts and Audit Committee of the House of Representatives—finds very clearly that there is an absolute abuse when it comes to—

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It absolutely has things to do with it, because I wrote to the Auditor-General, requesting this very audit take place. It was only because of—

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