Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Finance, Charities and Electoral Matters) Share this | Hansard source

Indeed, the frustrated shadow Attorney-General, Mr Dreyfus, whose party failed so badly to make him the Attorney-General and get into government, now wants to bring down ministers by firing off more letters. He should be seen for what he is: a serial vexatious complainant with complaints that lead nowhere. He wastes police resources time after time after time. What the Labor Party is now saying is that, every time the shadow Attorney-General fires off a letter to the police, and the police then take that seriously because he's the shadow Attorney-General, we should have to stand someone down—absolutely absurd.

We know, in fact, that the former Leader of the Opposition, Mr Shorten, was under investigation by the police and remained as the opposition leader, leading the Labor Party, and as the alternative Prime Minister.

Opposition senators interjecting—

This mob just sits there and interjects because the truth hurts.