Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Is the minister now saying that the advice in the Minter Ellison report commissioned by the government that said there were weekly meetings with the parliamentary secretary, as he was then, and advisers, is incorrect? Who did the minister consult with about safety and risk issues to address issues of training so that he could, in his words, do ‘everything possible’ to ensure that adequate safety arrangements were put in place? Did he talk to anybody in industry or rely purely on departmental briefings?