Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Cash is not a party to the proceedings. The suspected wrongdoing that is being investigated is the payment of $100,000 by the Leader of the Opposition to GetUp! If he did that with authority, all we need to see is the minutes of the executive committee meeting approving it, with an affidavit from the secretary saying it's a true and correct record—very simple. That's all that the Leader of the Opposition needs to provide. And, armed with such a great legal adviser as the member for Isaacs, the Leader of the Opposition would know this! So a reasonable person, observing the failure of the Leader of the Opposition to prove the payment was authorised and the determination of the union to stop the payment being investigated, could only assume—

Mr Hill interjecting—

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