I'd like to tell my colleague opposite that all the opposition parties signed the letter, in compliance with standing order 106(4). Could there be another way of getting there? I'm not really a procedural expert. Nevertheless, we all signed the letter. Basically, it's a matter of transparency because we would no doubt all agree that $8 billion isn't peanuts.
As for confidentiality, as we are members of Parliament, people come to our offices and give us confidential information, which we don't disclose. It's a matter of trust in the work we do.
Who decides what's going to be considered confidential and what's not? That question needs asking too. I think we are right to demand more transparency, because the money was invested to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We want to know how the money invested will help reduce these emissions.
I'd like to return to the confidentiality issue, because I remember some interventions by the Prime Minister about foreign interference. He said it would be possible to invite opposition members to a secret meeting. If it's possible to hold secret meetings on security, then I can't see why we couldn't hold secret meetings here to discuss contracts. Our professionalism has to be trusted.