George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Given that it is beyond the competency of this minister to read a document at a rate of more than 29 pages a day, isn’t it the case that the government has already identified the confidential information in the document and that it is hiding behind this excuse to prevent parliamentary scrutiny and to protect a minister who is fast losing the confidence of the public and the markets?