Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Hansard source

I am told that actually this portfolio commenced 12 minutes late. The 12 minutes are up but it would only be fair for me to give the minister the opportunity of responding and then, in a spirit of consensus, given the presence of the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, my preference would be then to move on to the next portfolio, if the Main Committee agrees.

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