Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to move the following motion:

That the House censures the:.

(1) Minister for Foreign Affairs and Attorney-General for:

(a) misleading the Parliament over important questions relating to national security and the safety of Australia;

(b)breaching the Prime Minister's own Statement of Ministerial Standards by failing to:

  (i)correct the record in the Parliament at the earliest opportunity in relation to mattters of national security;

  (ii)be honest in the conduct of public office; and

  (iii)take all reasonable steps to ensure that the public or the Parliament is not misled; and

(2)Prime Minister for allowing his Ministers to:

(a)mislead the Parliament over serious and legitimate questions relating to national security and the safety of Australia; and

(b)breach his own Statement of Ministerial Standards.

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