House debates Questions to the Speaker
Privilege
Anthony Albanese Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the House
3:09 pm
Mr Speaker, I wish to draw to your attention, as notified to your office earlier today, a gross abuse of privilege that occurred in the House last evening. During debate on the Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007, the member for Moreton made a series of unsubstantiated allegations related to the long-running Australian Federal Police investigation into himself and the members for Bonner and Bowman. The member alleged that a federal agent of the AFP had engaged in a high-level political conspiracy with Queensland government ministers in relation to the conduct of the investigation. The member for Moreton named the AFP officer and the ministers involved in this alleged conspiracy.
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