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

In relation to what should never have happened, do you know what should never have happened? A partisan, politically motivated letter from the serial letter-writer with zero outcomes who is pursuing one political smear after the other, abusing his shadow ministerial office. That's what should never have happened. Let me tell you why it was appropriate, because the Prime Minister was asked a question in parliament by the Leader of the Opposition in relation to an investigation he had no knowledge of, and he undertook to find out. He undertook to get the information. He sought the information and he reported back to the House of Representatives. That was the Prime Minister fulfilling his public duties.