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

Senator Wong, for someone who is in government in Queensland today through One Nation preferences, I think you are the last person to be asking that question. In particular, as I pointed out to you yesterday, Senator Wong, it's all very well what your public position may have been, but what the position of your booth workers was throughout Queensland was to whisper into the ears of voters, 'Put the LNP last; vote One Nation before you vote LNP.' That's what they said.

In relation to preferences, no deals were done. No deals were done between the LNP and the One Nation party. They shouldn't have been and they weren't. In relation to the events of 1998, which you appear to be referencing, Senator Wong, I was a member of the Liberal Party executive in 1998, and I can tell you that the historical observation you've made is inaccurate.