Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister for Finance, Special Minister of State and Vice-President of the Executive Council) (14:23): These are two separate questions. In relation to all members and senators—Mr Drum is a member of the House of Representatives—all of us select our staff. As I've indicated to you, there is a staffing pool that is allocated to the Nationals. My advice is that the Nationals at no time exceeded the staffing pool allocated to them. All of the appointments were made in the appropriate way, consistent with all of the legal and administrative requirements.
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