Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

As I said to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, we did not run the tender. The tender was run by the MCGC and the Government Communications Unit out of the Prime Minister’s department. The funding for the program comes out of our department, but there are a clear set of rules and guidelines, as I understand it, for government communications, and that was fully adhered to. It was the MCGC that chose the winning tenderer, and the funding for the campaign comes from my department. There are people far more qualified to determine advertising success or failure than me. I am a mere novice at this communications game.

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