Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I am happy to seek advice from the Prime Minister's office as to the issues raised by the senator, but I do not think we will be tabling legal advice, if it exists, on the sort of scenario she paints. In relation to who the Prime Minister meets, including the Greens, the Prime Minister does not talk about that publicly. I would not have thought people would think that that would be a wise thing to say. In relation to Mr de Bruyn's views, he put those at the national conference. He put them very forcefully. That is the national conference of the Labor Party, which is open to all, which is conducted in public and which was attended by hundreds of media representatives. During that debate there were strong views put from both sides and, in the end, the party adopted a policy position that its members would have a conscience vote. That authorisation, or that policy, will be reflected in the parliament when we debate these matters next week.