Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I remind the Prime Minister of her answer yesterday:

Anybody who has an allegation of dishonest conduct should take it to the appropriate authority to be dealt with.

I also remind her of the answer she gave at press conference on 23 August in relation to the dishonest conduct of Bruce Wilson of the AWU:

Once I became aware that I had been deceived … I ended my relationship with Mr Wilson.

Did she also inform the appropriate authority of Mr Wilson's misappropriation of union funds?

Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Deputy Leader of the Opposition would well recall that I gave a press conference about these matters and answered all questions until the federal parliamentary press gallery was exhausted from these questions. I remind the Deputy Leader of the Opposition that, in relation to these matters, there were police investigations that did ensue. If she checked the record, she would know that. I also remind the Deputy Leader of the Opposition that people judge her on her conduct in this place.

Ms Julie Bishop (Curtin, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Madam Speaker, I ask a supplementary question. Given the Prime Minister's answers in this place, as a practising lawyer at the time in the state of Victoria subject to professional conduct and practice rules, why didn't she inform the appropriate authority of Mr Wilson's fraud when she became aware of it?

Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I remind the Deputy Leader of the Opposition of what I just said: the appropriate authorities were engaged in this matter.

Mrs Griggs interjecting—

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! The member for Solomon is warned.