Two things, first of it mischaracterised what I said in the House, and that is why do not agree with the assessment. I said that I had not been updated on whether I had received the report, and I had not been updated on when I had received the report, and I said subsequently, no I had not.
There was no finishing date they provided to me by the secretary, because he could not provide me with one. I was asked in the House about when I would receive it, and that is what I responded. I also made it clear that it was the secretary that was undertaking this at arm’s length, it is the secretary that is undertaking that at arm’s length, and I know that there were further interviews being conducted even at that point.
What he was referring to was that he was not in a position to finalise the report, and provided to me, based on the advice that he had received from the commissioner of federal police, which was also clarified yesterday.
What I would ask, is that these statements not be mischaracterised, I expect my political opponents to do that, that is politics, that is part and parcel of this process. I would deal with those matters as I have appropriately in the House, but I do not accept that: that is a mischaracterisation of what has occurred, and I do not accept that.