Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The advertisement, the appeal that was put out by the Victorian division of the Liberal Party was put out by that division without any consultation or foreknowledge from me, from my office or from the federal secretariat of the Liberal Party. It should not have been done. It was wrong. It was in poor taste. It was, I suppose, an attempt to take advantage of something which should not be taken advantage of. Certainly the instruction that I have given is that no such use of anything to do with this parliament should ever take place.

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