Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, that was more of a smear than a question. That reflects, I think, poorly on the Leader of the Opposition in these matters, especially given this: yesterday the Leader of the Opposition made reference to this matter and asked me the very specific question, 'What action will the Prime Minister take?' Subsequently, he then referred to clause 7.1 of the ministerial standards and he asked me again, 'Prime Minister, what are you going to do to implement it?' In response to his question, I said that my actions—to ensure that I could acquit my responsibilities under the ministerial standards—were to inform myself of the matter which he had raised in this House. He actually asked me to go through this process—

Ms Ryan interjecting —

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