Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister stated that he had oral advice in relation to the use of Kirribilli for the Liberal Party function on 1 June. Why was oral advice necessary, who requested that advice, who provided that advice, when was that advice provided and can the parliamentary secretary perhaps table for the benefit of the parliament any evidence of that advice? I refer also to the 1 June function and ask the parliamentary secretary: who catered for this function? I also refer to the Prime Minister’s statement about reimbursement of additional costs for this function and ask the parliamentary secretary: what was the actual cost of this function? I refer also to the 1 June function and ask: were any departmental staff in attendance and, if so, what functions did they perform?

The Prime Minister wrote a letter to the Leader of the Opposition on 14 June, in which he revealed that the Liberal Party had paid back money to the Commonwealth for three other functions. Can we be provided with a cost breakdown for each of those functions—food, drink et cetera and the number of people in attendance? How were the costs reimbursed by the Liberal Party calculated? Has the same methodology been used for each of the four functions that have been identified? You might want to answer them now.

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