Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Nothing that Senator Keneally has just put is in any way inconsistent with the answer that I gave to the primary question. We've got 167,000 public servants. From time to time some of these public servants will feel the need to do some work on certain things that—

Senator Wong interjecting—

You know what? From time to time, people consider various things, because they're part of the public debate that is pursued, including by the Labor Party. But that does not mean that at any point this was—