House debates Questions without Notice

Liberal Party of Australia

Thursday, 31 March 2022 House of Representatives

Mark Butler

Mark Butler Hindmarsh, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives

2:46 pm

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

Paul Fletcher Bradfield, Liberal Party, Minister for Communications, Urban Infrastructure, Cities and the Arts

2:47 pm

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.