Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister gave an undertaking to the House of Representatives. Yesterday, he fulfilled that commitment. That was entirely appropriate. But, of course, this is an issue that first arose during question time yesterday. The Prime Minister answered questions on the basis of his state of knowledge at the time, and he undertook to seek further information. You know what? It turns out that the initiation of this assessment by the New South Wales police was due to a partisan, politically motivated letter by a political opponent. This is all about the politics of smear from the Labor Party.