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

I would refer the senator to my answers to Senator Wong's questions and, indeed, to the Prime Minister's statement in the House of Representatives last night, which I have already previously referenced. Let's just remind ourselves again what this is about. This is one letter from a political opponent to police that the Labor Party is suggesting should be a reason to dismiss or stand aside the minister. That is just a crazy proposition. If that was the test, I suspect that the serial letter writer Mr Dreyfus would be starting to write many more letters. You can't win an election by winning the confidence of the Australian people, so you want to start sending letters to somehow lead to the immediate dismissal of a minister. That is crazy. You are so juvenile and ridiculous. The Australian people can see precisely what this is.