House debates Questions without Notice
Special Minister of State
Mark Dreyfus Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General
2:31 pm
My question is again to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the answer the minister just gave. After the minister answered the now infamous question on 60 Minutes, Liz Hayes asked a further question, 'Why did you do that?' The minister answered, 'Because I believed that Peter Slipper had committed a crime.' If the minister was not admitting to procuring the former Speaker's diary, why did he then try to justify it on national television?
Mr Mitchell interjecting—
Mal Brough Fisher, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State
I refer the honourable member to my answers throughout the last two weeks.