Christian Porter (Pearce, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

incumbent on you to establish an investigation. I am deeply concerned that this national security leak is potentially the result of political tensions.' He sees a political advantage and so pressures the AFP to start an investigation. He sees a political advantage in having it shutdown. They called for the same investigation that they're asking to be shut down, in breach of the fundamental convention that the AFP remains independent. They want to know what a prosecution at the whim of a politician might look like; it'd look like what would happen if you ever got into government.

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