Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for his answer and again refer him to my question involving the resignation of Mr James Kelaher and the government’s understanding of Mr Kelaher’s reasons for resigning from the task force. I thank the minister for the information about the external advisory body and the fact that the minister has not ruled it in or out, according to Senator Kemp. Does the minister realise that if it is scrapped this will be contrary to previous discussions and agreements involving departments, stakeholders and other ministers, as I understand it? Finally, in the interests of accountability and the government being so up-front on the issue of the so-called smartcard, could the minister advise the parliament as to whether or not the government will release the entire KPMG report into the smartcard and not simply an edited version, as has been previously announced?