Chris Ellison (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice and Customs) Share this | Hansard source

I am referring to the remarks made by Premier Iemma, who said that this involved a breach of the borders of Australia, as did the state police minister, John Watkins. Any reference to this investigation at all, no matter who says it, is premature. I refer everybody to the comments made by the Assistant Police Commissioner of New South Wales, Nick Kaldas, who said:

We need to go through the investigation before we can actually say definitively whether the stuff is here or not.

He went on to say that no effort was being spared in the investigation of this. The Australian Federal Police are investigating this matter with the New South Wales Police. I think it is very premature to comment on the origin of any of these articles and their location. It is a serious investigation. I am not going to comment on it any further. The New South Wales Police and the Australian Federal Police are not commenting, other than to say that this is a very serious issue, to which they are devoting all resources to investigating.