Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The advice I've received—and, again, Senator Henderson, I will add to this answer if I'm able to—is the minister has responded in the House that she has sought further information from the ABC on this matter in addition to their public statements. She awaits the further advice she has requested. She does note that the ABC has both operational and editorial independence.

Senator Henderson, please. No-one in this chamber, I would think, would support what has happened, so let's not—

There are some things above politics for some of us, Senator Henderson.