House debates Questions without Notice
Attorney-General
Bill Shorten Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition
2:24 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. Did the Attorney-General verbally instruct the Solicitor-General not to run a particular argument in the Bell case in the High Court? In the event that the Prime Minister is unaware, will he report back the answer to the House today?
Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
All of the matters concerning this issue are set out in the statement and the correspondence, and I cannot assist the honourable member with respect to further details of conversations to which I was not a party.