00:01Did you express concern to the Minister that introducing this legislation today, the day following the hearing, would create the
00:10perception that information had been withheld from Senate Estimates?
00:14Was that advice that you gave your Minister?
00:16No, it's not, Senator.
00:19Minister, this is taking the piss out of Senate Estimates. It is very disappointing. It is taking the piss.
00:25Well, Senator, it sounds like legislation has been introduced into the House in the normal way.
00:34And it sounds like there will be opportunities for scrutiny of that legislation in the Parliament in the normal way.
00:42That's the information that I have.
00:45This is Senate Estimates. This is Budget Estimates.
00:49This process is for scrutiny of Budget Estimates.
00:53This legislation has been introduced to the House, and I'm sure that appropriate scrutiny will be applied in the usual
01:01way to the legislation that has been introduced into the House.
01:05This is Budget Estimates.
01:06brิ technically for the option of a dozen theaters. The
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