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

My question is to Senator Conroy. I refer the senator to his answer to Senator Abetz’s question concerning the appointment of former Howard government finance minister and New South Wales Premier Mr John Fahey to head an oversight group to manage how $5.6 billion of flood rebuilding funds are spent. Is the decision to place oversight of the expenditure of the flood reconstruction funds in the hands of a former Liberal finance minister not an admission that, after the wasted billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money in the Building the Education Revolution program and the pink batts program, Liberals manage public money much better than Labor ministers ever could?