Leon Rebello (McPherson, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Multicultural Affairs. Has the minister investigated all funding commitments made to organisations who have mourned the death of the evil Ayatollah Khomeini?

Anne Aly (Cowan, Australian Labor Party, Minister for International Development) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I do thank the member for his question. I'm not quite sure how else I can articulate this other than to repeat that there is an expectation from this government that all organisations that receive funding conduct themselves within the expectations of Australian taxpayers. For the situation in question, I have spoken about it before in parliament, in question time, and have answered questions with regard to that particular situation. I have informed the House of a situation where there was an active submission in place, which was later stopped after that particular organisation was found to have—

I am getting there.

Milton Dick (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Manager, if you're going to raise a point of order, you can, but I don't want banter. We just had that debate yesterday with the member for Gippsland. The minister can direct her comments through the chair and, if the manager jumps up, he'll get a point of order. But he's not to come up to a minister who's at the dispatch box to just have a chat.

Anne Aly (Cowan, Australian Labor Party, Minister for International Development) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

To clarify, on the situation that was raised in question time earlier this week, that matter was an active submission that was stopped because we were concerned about social cohesion, and I took the decision to stop it there. As I've said before, there is that expectation that exists for organisations and funding—

Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

If they don't want to hear it, just sit down. Just finish.

Anne Aly (Cowan, Australian Labor Party, Minister for International Development) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I'm done. Thank you.