House debates Questions without Notice
Liberal Party
Kevin Rudd Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition
2:23 pm
My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s answer to the previous question when he said that he would tell the parliament how much the Liberal Party had paid to the Commonwealth for the use of the Lodge on 24 June 2005 and when that amount was paid. Will the Prime Minister agree to give that detail to the parliament by the end of question time? Will the Prime Minister also inform the parliament on how many other occasions the Prime Minister has used the Lodge or Kirribilli for direct or indirect fundraising purposes for the Liberal Party?
John Howard Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
I can answer the second part of the question now by saying that neither of those residences has been used for Liberal Party fundraisers.
Simon Crean Hotham, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Trade and Regional Development
Mr Crean interjecting
John Howard Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
As to the other information, I will make that information available to the parliament and the public when it is available to me, and that will not be before the end of question time.