House debates Questions without Notice
Diplomatic Protocol
Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition
2:43 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister cooperate fully with any police investigation into the leak of false and damaging details of a private and confidential conversation with the President of the United States of America?
Kevin Rudd Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister
The honourable Leader of the Opposition’s question goes to the newspaper article of 25 October. Again, I would draw his attention to the answer to the earlier question. I also ask him to reflect on what did happen in the Andrew Wilkie affair, when I seem to recall that an ONA classified document found its way into a Melbourne newspaper in a quite mysterious set of circumstances. Perhaps the Leader of the Opposition, or those opposite who were party to that, could inform the House as to what then transpired.
Opposition Member:
An opposition member—Not another Dorothy!