Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

I am not aware of any politician lawyers in relation to the question asked but I am aware of a lawyer would-be politician who is a member of the Law Council of Australia, which put out this statement, and that is Mr Keogh, who would seek to be the Labor candidate for Canning. So if we are talking about politician lawyers or lawyer politicians, what about the would-be ones who are associated with a statement that has told the ALP in not so many words to desist from this sort of behaviour?

The venom and hatred that is being spewed forth by those opposite is simply because Mr Shorten has been exposed for hiding from the Australian people for eight years a donation of $40,000 which was falsely described as a research officer for a company when he was employed as Mr Shorten's personal campaign director. That is the reason. (Time expired)