Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for her question, which I believe may be her first. What I can say to her is that I presume she is referring to the sample that was referred to in the Auditor-General’s report. What I would say to her about that sample is that it was a sample that was risk based, so it is not an accurate sample of the program overall. The figure is not necessary representative of all installations, so consequently the government have determined that we will not be providing a running commentary on the results of the inspections today because that data would not be helpful because of the risk profile. An expert—

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