Ursula Stephens (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

We are all very well aware of this smear campaign being waged by the coalition against the Prime Minister. She has, again, today emphatically and categorically denied any wrongdoing. But that is not enough for Senator Abetz or his colleagues, who, in a relentless pursuit of the Prime Minister are happy enough to ignore the facts or to selectively quote and report out of context. Media coverage is their primary information source.

First of all, Senator Abetz, you asked the question, and I can tell you categorically that I have no knowledge of funds being used inappropriately in the Labor Party and I have had no involvement in any funds in the Labor Party—