Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I accept from the Leader of the Government that sometimes these quotes are taken out of context, and I was also surprised to read this. Perhaps I should just provide Senator Evans with the full quote. This is from Hansard:

So the dramas and the charades and the attention that was sought by the previous government in relation to child sexual abuse and child neglect, I believe, were severely overstated. I am not denying they are there, but when you have only 50 out of 6,244, we really need to redefine what we are trying to achieve through this intervention ...

In light of this disturbing view within the government ranks, will the minister now guarantee the government will not in any way further water down the Northern Territory intervention and repudiate the remarks of the senator?