Scott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, maybe the minister can answer this supplementary question. How does the continual refusal of government ministers to state exactly when they first became aware of the risks in the Home Insulation Program square with the Prime Minister’s pre-election promises that ministerial accountability would mean that ministers ‘should be responsible to the parliament for their actions, to be responsible for the operation of their department as well’? Does the Prime Minister still require his ministers to meet this standard?