Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): I thank Senator McAllister for her question. In fact, in 2018, at the direct request of the Prime Minister, my political party undertook a comprehensive review of its processes for the handling of complaints and dispute resolution to ensure that our party had rigorous and confidential processes in place, as we should. The review resulted in the development of the Liberal Party's first National Code of Conduct and its Complaints and Dispute Resolution Policy, both of which were endorsed unanimously by the federal executive of the Liberal Party in 2019. These are matters which we took and which we take very seriously. Many other workplaces do not have similar codes or do not have similar dispute resolution policies. Many other workplaces, for example, and other political organisations have not instituted the restriction on sexual relations that former Prime Minister Turnbull instituted, which was maintained by Prime Minister Morrison. We take this very seriously and it's a matter of— (Time expired)