Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
3:29 pm
I seek to make a personal explanation.
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
I have been, and it's an odd one.
Mr Tony Burke Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
On the Notice Paper today the Manager of Opposition Business has described the National Cultural Policy, which I personally announced, as 'only relatively modest new funding for the arts of around $60 billion a year over four years'. I regret to inform the House that I have not been able to secure $60 billion a year over the next four years. I can now understand how the Leppington Triangle happened. While I certainly hope to keep the position of Minister for the Arts, I'd be really happy to have him on the ERC.