Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

As I was saying, it is critical that the Senate is provided with answers by this Attorney-General, in particular about the contact that he personally had with each of these appointees. I note that a number of them actually do have quite an extensive background with the Liberal Party, the National Party or the LNP in the Attorney-General's own state of Queensland. I think we would all be interested to know about his level of personal contact with these people.

In wrapping up, this is yet another example of an accident-prone Attorney-General. Canberra is rife with rumours about the Attorney-General being moved on in a pre-Christmas reshuffle. There are rumours up and down Queensland about people jockeying for his Senate role. Madam Deputy President, you can really easily understand why when you reflect on the fact that he had repeatedly misled this Senate, he has been subject to a censure motion and now has made scandalous AAT appointments. (Time expired)