House debates Questions without Notice

Ministerial Standards

Monday, 6 March 2023 House of Representatives

Paul Fletcher

Paul Fletcher Bradfield, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Government Services and the Digital Economy

3:03 pm

Mr Speaker, it is extraordinary that this point needs to be made about the conduct of the first law officer of the land, but the royal commission is specifically tasked with finding facts and drawing conclusions. For this reason you have rightly ruled, as have previous Speakers, that there is a distinction to be drawn between reporting facts and putting a construction on the evidence or the drawing of conclusions. That is precisely what the Attorney-General has repeatedly done in his answer.

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