Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

The first point I would make is that, as Sport Australia advised the Senate committee earlier today, the brief with the decisions was signed on 4 April. That was a week before the election was called. Obviously, subsequent to that, in the context of usual announcement arrangements you would expect there to be some communications in order to make the necessary arrangements.