Nicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for her question, because I think a lot of members in this chamber would have been concerned to hear these allegations that were very widely aired by Mr Palmer, who asserts that one of our closest intelligence allies is using its intelligence agency to stop coal seam gas investments in Australia. This is a pretty extraordinary claim and I would have thought that those opposite—I mention in particular the member for Berowra, a member of the joint intelligence committee and a distinguished former Attorney-General who had a very close relationship, as in fact many Attorneys-General have had, with our intelligence agencies in the US and in Australia—

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