House debates Questions without Notice
Advertising Campaigns
Julia Gillard Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition
2:14 pm
My question is to the Special Minister of State. Will the minister confirm the taxpayer funded industrial relations ads now on television were written and produced and the advertising space booked before his Ministerial Committee on Government Communications approved the campaign last Thursday?
Gary Nairn Eden-Monaro, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State
I will not confirm that, because that is not what occurred. The Ministerial Committee on Government Communications met a number of times to look at various aspects of the information campaign and finalised those matters on Thursday last week.