Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I am amazed that the minister takes credit for this scandal, given that it was only as a result of media reports that it was ever uncovered. Does the minister seriously believe that saying that the department have changed and that they were paying monetary compensation to victims is a sufficient response to the terrible injustices revealed and the chronic problems that obviously existed? Rather than arrogantly dismissing the scandals, will the minister and Mr Ruddock finally accept their ministerial responsibility for what occurred on their watch?