Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Siewert for her question. As I said in answer to the first question that you asked—and it applies to this one as well—I am not aware of the individual comments that you have raised. I have indicated that I will seek to raise those comments with the Minister for Health and Ageing and ask her to examine them. I will say more broadly that, in terms of the issues which surround this matter, the minister did make it clear that the views that were expressed—and this is going back to the views that I think started the issue—included extremely offensive statements made by two recently appointed ambassadors for men’s health which were drawn to her attention. Those views are abhorrent in her view and in mine. The minister immediately sought an explanation from those two people. (Time expired)