Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Brandis says there is no evidence of that. Don't you love it? He is always a lawyer. He said there is no evidence, but he could answer the allegation, couldn't he? Others are very clear that the GST payments to Western Australia were a political issue for the government. We know that. We know that from questions in here—

Senator Cormann interjecting—

I will take the interjection from Senator Cormann. He said, 'We dealt with it.' How did you deal with it? Was this part of the deal?

Government senators interjecting—

Oh, the infrastructure. Let us remember what Mr Nahan—I am not sure how one says it—