Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Education, Apprenticeships and Training) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer the Prime Minister to her previous answer to a question from the member for Stirling today, where she said, 'The matters raised are not my responsibility, my staff's responsibility or the department's responsibility.' Regardless of whose responsibility these matters are, can she categorically confirm that no-one in her office has had any involvement in the arrangements between the member for Dobell and the New South Wales Labor Party?

Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

In answer to the member's question, these are matters for the member for Dobell and the New South Wales branch of the Labor Party. I played no part in this matter and I am not responsible for this matter. My staff are not responsible for this matter. The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet is not responsible for this matter either.