Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The answer was yes. We had absolute proof that Senator Arbib, New South Wales Labor and the Prime Minister's office were involved in the discussions about the payment of these legal costs. As I said in an earlier contribution, this has gone from the seat of Dobell to the highest seat in this country, and that is the Prime Minister's seat. As a result of the refusal of Senator Arbib today to deny the press reports, this Prime Minister is now absolutely and totally implicated in the payment of Fairfax's legal costs. She is totally implicated in the discussions surrounding the payment of those costs with Mr Thomson and New South Wales Labor. This Prime Minister stands utterly condemned.