House debates Questions without Notice
Special Minister of State
Mark Dreyfus Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General
2:37 pm
My question is to the Special Minister of State. I refer to the minister's previous answer. How can the diary have been unsolicited when the minister asked James Ashby, by SMS, for a clearer copy, in these words: 'Can that be emailed James it is hard to read [email protected]'?
Mal Brough Fisher, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State
The honourable member continues to try to prosecute a case here.
Tony Smith Speaker
The member for Moreton will leave under 94(a).
The member for Moreton then left the chamber—
Mal Brough Fisher, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State
Why don't you take a cold shower, wait and allow the judicial system and the legal system to take its course.
Ms Burke interjecting—
Mal Brough Fisher, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State
Or is it the fact that the member for Isaacs knows full well what the outcome of that will be and so he wishes to prosecute it today for his own pathetic political purposes?