Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I'm going to have to plead absolute ignorance there. I can't actually recall at all a Senate committee inquiry of that nature. I'm not sure what year that one was in, but, again, I'll have a look and see if there is anything to add here to that question.

I do confirm to the Senate, though, and to you, Mr President, that I was a regular author of dissenting reports in my time as a Senate backbencher. Not that I'm encouraging anyone in our Senate team in this practice, because, as we can see, this is what may come back to bite you! So, to all the new senators who might be thinking of going down this path: just be very careful about what you do!