Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given the Auditor-General’s finding that non-Telstra proposals were likely to present significant risks, including the payment of billions in compensation to Telstra, why did the minister tell the Senate in February that he was still confident of signing a contract when Telstra had been excluded from the tender in the previous December?