House debates Questions without Notice

Minister for Jobs and Innovation

Wednesday, 30 May 2018 House of Representatives

Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

2:01 pm

The honourable member opposite is one of Her Majesty's counsel, learned in the law, and no doubt believes in the rule of law—

Government members interjecting

No, he is! He is. He's a QC—he is. But he's a lawyer. As another great lawyer said, anyone can go to jail if they get the right lawyer! It's important to have the right one.

But the member for Isaacs knows very well that it would be a very, very serious matter if a union paid $100,000 of its members' funds to GetUp! without authorisation. Imagine if—

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