Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. On 19 October the Prime Minister defended the Attorney-General's 37 new appointments to the AAT saying, 'I have no doubt that all the persons appointed were excellently qualified.' Given there was no merits based selection process, no advice from the department, no advertising of positions, simply hand-picked by the Attorney-General, what exactly were the excellent qualifications that justified these people receiving jobs paying up to $370,000 a year?

Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I am glad that the honourable member is interested in the appointment of those individuals. I will take the question on notice and make sure he receives an answer in respect of their respective qualifications.