Alan Tudge (Aston, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

On the basis of the legal advice, this was a proper disclosure of information to correct the record. These are laws that have been available to successive governments to correct the record when serious allegations have been made that could end up de-legitimising government institutions. The implication from the member opposite is that they can put up cases in the media, which they have done time and time again—indeed, they have put up dozens of cases in the media—two-thirds of which are wrong. In most of the cases, they may well have known that, because she herself said to TheAustralian newspaper that when she puts up these cases she has no idea about whether these people owe debt or not or whether they are in fact innocent.

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