Eric Abetz Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
asked the Minister representing the Assistant Treasurer, upon notice, on 8 March 2012:
With reference to the answer to question on notice no. 1532:
(1) Was the answer provided in the same form as when it was received from the Productivity Commission.
(2) Were changes made by, or as a result of any input from, the Minister's office.
Penny Wong SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation
The Assistant Treasurer has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question
(1) Answers to Questions on Notice are given by the relevant Minister and in this case, certain information provided by the Productivity Commission in a suggested answer was removed by the Minister's office as that information was not sought by the Question.
(2) As above.