Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I withdraw. What we will not do is behave inappropriately, as invited to do by the Leader of the Opposition. Can I suggest to the Leader of the Opposition, after the serial errors that he and his team have made this week about basic matters—the Leader of the Opposition not briefed during this parliament by the director-general of ASIO, the Leader of the Opposition misrepresenting the resources of ASIO, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition misrepresenting matters pivotal to our relationship with Indonesia, the shadow minister for immigration misrepresenting the powers of the joint parliamentary committee, the shadow minister for border protection unable to walk to the dispatch box and even move a simple motion, the shadow Attorney-General out breaching confidentiality requirements of ASIO briefings—after all of those errors this week—

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