Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Paedophilia, child abuse and rape—these issues were discovered in the Heiner inquiry. Documents were shredded because of the wish to cover up crimes because certain individuals were involved. The excuse that the inquiry was supported to deal only with the management of the John Oxley Youth Detention Centre was a frail attempt to bury the crimes that became evident. The Queensland cabinet of the day could have given retrospective privilege to the matters by legislation but chose—