Dean Smith (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

In the screeching, it may have been hard for me to hear what was being said—that is quite accurate. So I just want to go back to the substance of the issue and talk about the former foreign minister, Bob Carr. There might be a skerrick of truth in this. Former Senator Bob Carr, was the sole owner of a lobbying company, RJ Carr Pty Ltd, for the entire 18 months he was the foreign minister. There is now quiet and silence. There might be a skerrick of truth in this. He claimed it was dormant, but this contravened Prime Minister Gillard's standards of ministerial ethics, which required divestment— (Time expired)