John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

When the possibility of these investigations was first raised, no charges had been laid. Yet the Queensland Premier, under parliamentary privilege, made an attack on the character of the member for Moreton, the member for Bowman, the member for Bonner and the entire Queensland division of the Liberal Party. I remember what Peter Beattie did. He got up and traduced, under parliamentary privilege, the reputation of my three colleagues and the reputation of my party in Queensland.

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