Glenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Was Mr Hardgrave just following the example of the minister himself, who, on 14 June 2006, attacked the Western Australia Police, labelling them corrupt and calling the police commissioner a fraud? Given the minister’s attack on the WA Police, who he claimed were singling out the Liberal Party, and his refusal to condemn Mr Hardgrave’s attack on the AFP, does that mean that he still thinks the police are all out to get the Liberal Party? Why is this minister defending Liberal Party colleagues who have interfered in police investigations rather than defending the integrity of the dedicated officers of the Australian Federal Police?