Mark Dreyfus (Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Why did the Prime Minister tell the house on Tuesday he was briefed by the commissioner of the Federal Police on the contents of the dossier which contains allegations of sexual assault against the Attorney-General when the commissioner has told the Senate today he did not brief the Prime Minister on the details of the allegations? Why did the Prime Minister mislead the House?

Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I can only testify to this House that I had people present with me in my office, including the secretary and the deputy secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, when I received that briefing. I can only assume that the member, in raising this question and in making this reference, which I have not seen—I can only recall faithfully for the House what occurred on that night and I have done so.