Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you Mr President; I do have a supplementary question. Minister, what does it say of the government’s standards that a minister has repeatedly flouted the Senate’s rules on disclosure? Isn’t the declaration of interest a critical accountability mechanism? Isn’t Senator Santoro’s defiance of the Senate’s rules on disclosure further evidence of the government’s arrogance?