Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Wong, representing the Attorney-General. In 2005 retired Customs officer Mr Allan Kessing showed a report detailing serious flaws in airport security to Nathan Cureton, a staffer for the member for Grayndler, Anthony Albanese, and he further discussed that report with Mr Cureton. My question to the minister is: given that information subsequently featured in a series of articles in the Australian newspaper which triggered the Howard government to order a review and ultimately allocate $200 million to upgrade airport security, does the minister concede that Mr Kessing was acting in the national interest when he provided this information to the office of the member for Grayndler?