Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

As I said in response to Senator Waters's questions earlier, we have in Australia, with sound legal and other establishments in place, practices and processes that are well-established for the handling of allegations. The Prime Minister and his office acted in accordance with advice from law enforcement agencies that allegations of a criminal nature ought be provided, where possible, to police at the earliest opportunity, and that is what the Prime Minister's office did.