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

Senator Conroy, every assertion you have made in that question is false—every single assertion. I attended the briefing at the invitation of ASIO, who hosted the briefing. There was a media opportunity at the start of the briefing. The media were then excluded from the room and a detailed briefing, which touched on very sensitive national security information, was then conducted. I have read to you what the Director-General of Security himself has said. Let me read it again:

… The documents were carefully edited and were unclassified. The content of the documents did not compromise national security.