Senate debates Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006

In Committee


Nick Minchin

Nick Minchin SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration

8:40 pm

The government does not support the Democrat amendment. It is my experience that it is unprecedented for the parliament to arbitrarily give the executive a time period in which to effect a sale. I am not aware of that occurring with respect to any previous sale of a government business, of which there have been a number.

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