Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

I can confirm that the matters that were raised earlier this week are indeed appropriately a matter for the Victorian Liberal Party organisation, which I understand has taken appropriate steps in relation to an individual. That's unlike what was the case with the alternative. It's interesting to see how the Greens are in here pitching for the Labor Party. The Greens are in here pitching for the Labor Party. That's interesting to see.

I'm not really all that focused on internal party matters like this; I'm focused on the job that the Australian people want us to do, which is to protect people's health and people's livelihoods through this pandemic. That's what we're focused on. But I can confirm for the good senator that the issues that were raised in relation to internal party matters are indeed matters for the Liberal Party organisation. To the extent there were issues raised about the alleged misuse of taxpayer funded parliamentary resources, these are matters that the relevant federal members concerned had referred for independent inquiry by the Department of Finance, which is the usual process which is applied indiscriminately, on an entirely non-partisan basis, whenever these issues arise, as I'm sure members and senators from all around this and the other chamber would be well aware.