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

Senator Di Natale, I have already told you that that remains my view. Nevertheless, it does depend, for it to operate, on a level of integrity by members of parliament—integrity that was, let me acknowledge, shown by Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters, and integrity that was shown by Mr Joyce, Senator Canavan and Senator Roberts.

What we don't have is the same level of integrity shown by members of the Australian Labor Party. Two days ago, the Prime Minister wrote to Mr Shorten and invited him to nominate any members of the Australian Labor Party about whom he had a level of concern, and Mr Shorten wrote straight back to the Prime Minister and indicated that he wasn't interested in participating in that process. Where there are levels of concern— (Time expired)