Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Question No. 4, could you seek clarification from the Clerk where he says in his statement today that the cuts to the school hospitality program will not:

... proceed at this stage with the option of stopping the provision of hospitality to visiting schoolchildren. This decision will enable the matter to be reviewed thoroughly and we will report back to the committee on it.

Meaning that the matter is not resolved. Finally, could you advise whether the Treasurer has deliberately misled the Australian people by claiming that it is entirely incorrect—

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