Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

because what I want to indicate to Senator Carr and to those opposition members who want to listen is that I have instructed my department to make representations to ASIC about this, and I understand that a complaint has been officially registered with ASIC, courtesy of my department making those representations on my behalf. If this has occurred then it is a matter that I would invite ASIC to have a look at. We do have to establish the facts, and we have had circumstances in this place—for example, with a question from Senator Hanson-Young last week—where certain things have been asserted which have been shown not to be the case after being fully investigated. Having said that, the initial reports are concerning to me and concerning to the former member for Indi, who rang me.