George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

As I have said—and I will continue to tell you, Senator, but it does not seem to be sinking in—it was confirmed to me early in the afternoon of the Thursday of the second week of estimates. I immediately corrected the record. I immediately advised the foreign minister of the fact. The foreign minister immediately advised the House of Representatives. I actually took the trouble of having the secretariat immediately told by a hand-delivered letter so as to ensure that the parliament would have the opportunity to deal with the question before it rose that week—

Senator Wong interjecting—

and, in fact, it did so, because, far from avoiding questions, Senator Wong, I actually took questions from you that afternoon, as you know.