Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

If meeting with Eddie Obeid somehow disqualifies people, then half of the frontbench opposite is disqualified. But these are matters that are, quite properly, before the New South Wales inquiry, and they will be dealt with by the New South Wales inquiry. Let me say again that Senator Sinodinos is a fundamentally decent man who has done the honourable thing by stepping aside while this inquiry is conducting its investigations.

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