George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Chisholm, when the matter is determined by the High Court, all of that material will be before the High Court in affidavits and submissions which will be filed on behalf of Senator Canavan and supported by the Australian government.

But let me return to where I was, Mr President, because this is extraordinary. It's very easy on an occasion like this to forget that Senator Wong is the shadow foreign minister, because she, of all people, should know that there is something profoundly serious about interfering through the political processes of a foreign country in the political processes of Australia. That is utterly inappropriate.

And Senator Wong, or Senator Chisholm: you go to any pub in Australia and you try to justify yourself that you are using the parliamentary processes of New Zealand to try to interfere with the internal politics of Australia and see what sort of reaction you get!