Ms JULIE BISHOP (Curtin—Minister for Foreign Affairs) (14:02): The record was corrected at the earliest opportunity after receiving formal confirmation— Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: There will be silence on my left! Ms JULIE BISHOP: from the Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department on— Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: There will be silence on my left! Ms JULIE BISHOP: I thought they wanted to hear the answer. The SPEAKER: Indeed. The minister has the call. Mr Bowen interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for McMahon is warned. Ms JULIE BISHOP: May I start again, Madam Speaker? The SPEAKER: The minister has the call. Ms JULIE BISHOP: May the clock start again? I had a serious question. Opposition members interjecting— Ms JULIE BISHOP: I have not been able to hear myself, let alone anybody else hear the answer. I thought they were taking this seriously. The SPEAKER: The minister has a point. We will reset the clock. Ms JULIE BISHOP: Thank you. Madam Speaker, the record was corrected at the earliest opportunity after receiving formal confirmation from the Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department on 4 June 2015. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: There will be silence on my left! Ms JULIE BISHOP: That information was received in writing at 2.43 pm. The advice was that the earlier advice from the department was wrong. Katherine Jones, Deputy Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department, on 4 June, by email to the committee, advised the committee at 2.55 pm. I received information during question time, after 3 pm, that the record had been corrected as far as the committee was concerned, and at 3.09 pm, minutes later, at the end of question time, I corrected the record. The Attorney-General sent a letter to the committee on 4 June at 3.15 pm, again hand delivered. The initial advice to the Attorney-General on 1 June was that it appeared that the evidence was wrong. He immediately asked the Secretary of the Attorney-General's Department to conduct a review, and the outcome of that review was the information provided to the Attorney-General on the afternoon of 4 June, as I have just outlined. Prior to 4 June, I was in Paris. Mr Dreyfus interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Isaacs will desist.