Rex Patrick (SA, Centre Alliance) Share this | Hansard source

Just to clarify my understanding of your answer, I do understand that Treasury and, indeed, the Small Business Ombudsman had produced a report. I am just talking about direct contact. We all live busy lives and we don't all have time to keep a watch on what the Reserve Bank governor or the Small Business Ombudsman are putting up on their websites. There's that old scene from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where they said, 'Yes, of course, there was consultation. It was down the broken stairs in the locker room where the lights didn't work, in a safe with the doors shut and the combination lock twisted; of course, there was consultation'. I am really trying to get to the level of consultation that took place with those smaller banks.