Christopher Pyne (Sturt, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

He's much better on Pyne & Marles than he is in the House; I can tell you that. The point about the lapses of Senator Dastyari's approach to these matters and the most recent revelations concerning his discussions with Mr Huang about his communications is that the jury is well and truly in on Senator Dastyari. What we now need to go to is the Leader of the Opposition's judgement. This goes to the Leader of the Opposition's judgement. Not only did he rehabilitate him; he's now been required to sack him again. Many people have asked why. Why would the Leader of the Opposition be so connected to Senator Dastyari? I think the answer is much more obvious than we know. In The Sydney Morning Herald, Sean Nicholls wrote on 10 April 2015:

NSW Labor assistant secretary John Graham … wants more details about the involvement of Labor Senator Sam Dastyari's office in changing the mailing addresses of scores of leadership ballots—

in the 2013 ballot that saw the Leader of the Opposition defeat the member for Grayndler. There was an investigation called for into the role of Senator Dastyari in rigging that leadership ballot. The question the Leader of the Opposition needs to answer is: what are the outcomes of that investigation? How did he satisfy himself that his ballot was legitimate? (Time expired)

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