Alex Hawke (Mitchell, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition and other members in general debate are referring to part-time in the nature of the minister's role, and that is perfectly acceptable language and is a perfectly acceptable argument to make. It is not a reference to their title. 'Full-time' and 'part-time' are references to their capacity and their work. It isn't—

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