Pat Conroy (Shortland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the Prime Minister tell the House yesterday that the Safer Communities Fund guidelines had been followed when in fact the Minister for Home Affairs announced two grants during the Braddon by-election before the guidelines had even been written? How on earth can the Prime Minister claim guidelines were being followed when they didn't yet exist?

Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The guidelines and the processes for undertaking the grants that the minister did engage in were followed. That's how I can say that. That's exactly as it's done in relation to the grants that related to those particular funding announcements. That's how we can say that.

Tony Smith (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I say to the member for Kennedy that the call alternates, so I'm calling the member for Higgins.