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

I simply repeat what I have said before: that it is entirely appropriate that ministers should seek a briefing from ASIO on the day that important national security legislation is introduced into the parliament. Again I wonder why members opposite should have taken it upon themselves to impugn the professionalism of ASIO. The idea that ASIO officers, including the director-general—

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