Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

It is regrettable that the good senator has not had the opportunity to speak to the shadow minister on this issue and instead has read some of the articles that have appeared in the newspapers. I think the senator is trying to add together the figure for capital expenditure and the figure for operational expenditure. That is a definitional ‘apples and oranges’ problem. I think the senator will find that even Mr Turnbull is no longer pressing this issue. It is unfortunate that he did not give you a call before question time to let you know that was no longer the line.