Child Protection Screening

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:48): A supplementary, sir: will the minister commit that if this person's clearance comes through 100 per cent clear whether or not the government would reimburse him for lost wages over the last eight months?

The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers) (14:49): We will not be reimbursing him.