House debates Questions without Notice

Parliament: Integrity

Monday, 23 November 2015 House of Representatives

Mark Dreyfus

Mark Dreyfus Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General

3:08 pm

My question is to the Special Minister of State, who has responsibility for the integrity and specific responsibility for oversight of parliamentary officers. Is it appropriate for a person to procure another person to access restricted data held on a government computer?

Mal Brough

Mal Brough Fisher, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State

I welcome the question and I point out to the shadow minister, as he should know, that above all else integrity in all things parliamentary is essential. This is no different.