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No, I watched the footage of a section of that questioning. And he refused to say simple things like how many people he’d spoken to.

And as the head of the public service, he acted as though the Senate didn’t have any right to ask him questions.

And that’s not right.

And I think it reflects an attitude that comes from the prime minister down of not wanting to be held accountable, not wanting to answer questions.

It’s actually extraordinary that Phil Gaetjens has to conduct such an inquiry and the prime minister apparently doesn’t have enough control of his own office to see who said what and when they said it.

There’s been a lot of words said in this parliament, and by members of this parliament in the media, about better standards and making this place better, and there’s been almost no action.

You know, 12 times, every member of the government has voted to keep the member for Bowman as the chair of an education committee, despite almost every one of them who asked about Andrew Laming’s behaviour revealed saying that it was outrageous and they didn’t accept it. This is the sort of leadership we’re getting.

Is it any different that the people the prime minister have appointed to the public service answering questions in the Senate [are the same]?