Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

During the contribution of the Deputy Leader of the House earlier, he made the suggestion that I had provided a quote during question time which was inaccurate or the origin of which was unknown. That is completely and utterly false. The quote that I read during question time was a direct and accurate quote of the director-general of ASIO. It was in contrast to the Prime Minister's quoting of the director-general of ASIO, where he deliberately omitted words which had a very significant impact on the statement from the director-general of ASIO. It's also worth pointing out that we moved the suspension on a very serious allegation against the Prime Minister that he deliberately misled this House. They spoke out question time to 3.30 so this wouldn't be brought on, which shows how gutless this Prime Minister is.

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