Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's previous answer about his missing National Party cabinet ministers. How can the Prime Minister claim the absence of all three National Party cabinet ministers in the Senate was insignificant when Senator Leyonhjelm has confirmed to Peter Van Onselen on Sky News that these cabinet ministers deliberately refused to back the cabinet position because they did not agree with it?

Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I refer to my earlier answer and remind the Leader of the Opposition, once again, that the decision was to extend the ban indefinitely because it is anticipated that at some point in the future the state and territory ministers and the Commonwealth minister will agree on a reclassification. But the ban is being extended without an end date and that was a decision of the cabinet.