Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree with his minister for finance’s assessment last night of OzCar when he said:

If you look at the total picture you will see there are lots of representations going on with respect to car dealers and financiers, lots of connections being made.

Prime Minister, how many of these connections included a personal phone call from the Treasurer, updates to the Treasurer’s home fax, a car dealer’s mobile phone details being handed over to the CEO of a finance company seeking a $500 million Commonwealth guarantee, a Treasury official referring to the Prime Minister’s friendship with a car dealer when seeking finance on that dealer’s behalf, and self-assessment of financial viability by the dealer? Isn’t it true that if you look at the total picture, of the 240 car dealers, only one had the right connections and got the special treatment?

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