Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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.