House debates Questions without Notice
Sinodinos, Senator Arthur
Mark Dreyfus Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General
2:59 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister's decision to give Senator Sinodinos portfolio responsibility for corporate governance. Was the Prime Minister aware of failings of corporate governance at Australian Water Holdings between 2008 and 2011, including while the former Assistant Treasurer, Senator Sinodinos, was chairman, before the Prime Minister appointed him to the Treasury portfolio?
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
Senator Sinodinos is a fundamentally decent man who has done the honourable thing by stepping aside for the duration of this inquiry, at least insofar as it applies to him.