George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

That is simply not true, Senator Collins; I did not become aware of that. It was drawn to my attention that there were doubts about the earlier evidence, so I asked the secretary of my department to conduct an urgent inquiry. The results of that inquiry were communicated to me early in the afternoon of the following Thursday, at which time it was confirmed to me that the earlier concerns were correct and that the evidence the previous week was wrong. I immediately corrected the record and I immediately advised the foreign minister of the matter, who herself immediately corrected the record.