Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. I refer the minister to reports that Senator Edwards received an expletive-laden phone call from junior frontbencher Mr Briggs, who accused Senator Edwards of 'lying and deliberately misrepresenting the Prime Minister's position to bolster his Senate preselection chances'. Does the minister agree with Mr Briggs and does the minister agree with the Prime Minister, who has supported Mr Briggs today by saying, 'The term that I used in public and private is "a competitive evaluation process"'. (Time expired)