Mark Butler (Hindmarsh, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives) | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister, and I refer to the minister's previous answer. How on Earth is it appropriate for the government's most senior legal adviser, the Solicitor-General, to appear in an internal dispute within the New South Wales branch of the Liberal Party? And whose side has the Solicitor-General been instructed to support in this ongoing faction fight?

Paul Fletcher (Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts) | Link to this | Hansard source

I thank the Deputy Manager of Opposition Business for that question. I addressed that in my previous answer, and there is nothing more to add to that very comprehensive previous answer.