House debates

Monday, 30 November 2015

Questions without Notice

Special Minister of State

3:01 pm

Photo of Mark DreyfusMark Dreyfus (Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General) Share this | | Hansard source

My question is to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's answers in question time last week and today. On 29 March 2012, now former journalist Steve Lewis sent an email to the minister which read:

On how many occasions has Peter Slipper travelled to New Zealand since July 2010?

DIARY EXTRACTS—CAN THESE BE PROVIDED FOR THE FOLLOWING DATES:

Did the minister agree to obtain unauthorised copies of the Speaker's official diary for a journalist? As a matter of government policy, does the minister now give unauthorised copies of other documents to journalists?

3:02 pm

Photo of Mal BroughMal Brough (Fisher, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State) Share this | | Hansard source

The answer is no.