Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is addressed to the Prime Minister. When members of his government were the subject of a police investigation, John Howard said the following: 'I told my colleagues that the Federal Police should be allowed to carry out this investigation without let or hindrance from me or anybody in the federal government.' Given John Howard's example, why did the Prime Minister call the New South Wales Police Commissioner and, according to him, discuss the substance of the criminal investigation?

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