I certainly hope so. He’s a great minister. He’s got a great mind. I think if you speak to people within the Indigenous community, where he used to work, particularly in children’s education, he has a great passion for education.
I’ve always found Alan to be a very honourable and decent man. He’s had an extramarital affair, a consensual one. He’s made a mistake. It’s cost him his marriage. There’s a lot of embarrassment on both sides, I have no doubt.
But the matter is being investigated now, as it should be. But, you know, there are a lot of Australians who would find themselves in that position. It’s not unique to the Parliament or to the Liberal party or the Labor party or the Greens.
It involves human beings and people make mistakes from time to time and he’s fessed up to that mistake. I think we allow the investigation now to be conducted.
