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

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Can the minister explain his denials, given that he was well aware that New South Wales Labor paid Mr Thomson's legal fees—believed to be in excess of $150,000. Minister, is it not the case that this is a government led by a Prime Minister who is willing to pay any money to, or excuse any indiscretion by, the member for Dobell if it means protecting her wafer thin majority?