Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

that I confirmed the Commonwealth government was not intervening in that, publicly, some time ago—not yesterday in the chamber. I do that cautiously after receiving advice, often very extensive advice, on each matter on a case-by-case basis. But we do not intervene in each and every case, and I can assure you that it's certainly not the case that we make our decision to intervene on that pejorative criteria that you raise. We just don't do that.

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