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

My question is to the Attorney-General. I refer to his previous answer and to the front page of The Australian newspaper, which appears to quote directly from a confidential submission to the intelligence committee about the government's encryption bill—which is a criminal offence under national security legislation, punishable with up to two years in prison. Under national security legislation, a prosecution for this offence can be instituted only by the Attorney-General or with his consent. Can the Attorney-General guarantee to this House that he will not stand in the way of any prosecution for this criminal leak?

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