Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I thank, I think, the member for her question, which is based upon a range of false premises, and I'll make the following comments. One is that I did hear the interview conducted by the minister for industry, and I thought he did very well. Congratulations. I want to make further comments. That's the first point that I'll make. The second point I'll make is that I love Queensland too, and the third point I'll make is that the minister was quite right. See, there's this thing called the cabinet, and in the cabinet when you're asked about what the cabinet discussions were, it's appropriate for you to say something like, 'I hope you weren't asking that question,' because you don't reveal cabinet discussions. I know that will seem bizarre for those opposite. Apparently it's okay to talk about who held what ministry when people are writing a book, but it's not okay to be accountable in terms of cabinet government. So I encourage all of my cabinet colleagues, when asked to reveal cabinet discussions, to say exactly that—to say, 'I'm not telling you' or 'I hope I wasn't being asked that question'—because we don't talk about cabinet processes. The cabinet is dealing with these issues. The minister for industry is diligently consulting with the manufacturing sector in particular—

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