Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his interest in the qualification of senators. I would just remind him that in the Minister for Finance's speech to the Senate earlier today he sets out in some detail the arrangements that Senator Ronaldson, as the then Special Minister of State, entered into with Senator Day, including on the express basis that Senator Day no longer had an interest in the property, that there would be no net cost to the Commonwealth and so forth. All of that is set out in the finance minister's speech, and further detail is set out in the Special Minister of State's speech in the Senate today.

Dealing with qualifications of senators, a matter more immediate and relevant is the qualifications of Senator Kimberley Kitching, personally nominated by the leader of the opposition—hand-picked.

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