Louise Pratt (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Environment, Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, my question this afternoon is to the Attorney-General, Senator Brandis. In evidence to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee, the Attorney-General has refused to say whether or not his office asked that a direction be drafted to prevent the Australian Taxation Office from intervening in the Bell Group litigation, at a potential cost to the taxpayers of $300 million.