Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Aged Care, Disabilities and Carers) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. When did the minister first become aware that he misled the Senate? Doesn’t the minister know that it is the accepted convention of the Senate that a minister should correct the record as soon as they become aware that an answer is wrong? Didn’t the minister have the opportunity to correct the record at one minute past three yesterday, at 3.30 yesterday and again at 9.30 this morning? Is the minister so embarrassed by his gaffe of not knowing the difference between fire safety standards and the aged care accreditation scheme that he cannot bring himself to face up to his colleagues and the Senate and admit his mistake?