House debates Questions without Notice

Prime Minister

Monday, 14 September 2026 House of Representatives

Alison Penfold

Alison Penfold Lyne, National Party

2:49 pm

My question is to the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister sits on the Expenditure Review Committee of cabinet—that's the budget committee—and he chairs cabinet. When this funding allocation for the Marrickville golf course came into either meeting for sign-off, did the Prime Minister declare he was, in the words of the local mayor, the golf club's most famous patron and neighbour? Did the Prime Minister declare a conflict of interest and recuse himself from the funding decision?

Anthony Albanese

Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister

2:50 pm

The question goes to cabinet processes. The decision-maker is the minister for infrastructure. I'm not even the decision-maker.