Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the minister representing the Attorney-General. I refer to the letter the Attorney-General received from Man Haron Monis on 9 October, nine weeks before the Sydney siege. The Attorney-General said yesterday the letter did not contain 'any statements of support or affiliation for Islamic state'. How can this statement by the Attorney-General be justified given Monis requested information about contacting the person he referred to as 'Caliph Ibrahim, the leader of the Islamic State'?

Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I am advised that all proper protocols were adopted and proper practices were followed in this case.