Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

Imagine those officers who stand there every day to protect us. They are led by an exceptional leader in Commissioner Andrew Colvin. Imagine how he feels and his officers feel when up hill and down dale those members on the frontbench, those members opposite, have questioned the integrity of the Australian Federal Police. It is a disgraceful episode but, I'm sorry to say, it's not without precedent. It's not without precedent because the fact is that, for many years, union leaders in this country have seen themselves above the law. So when the Leader of the Opposition interjected earlier that the Prime Minister was up to—

Mr Brian Mitchell interjecting—

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