Published: November 25, 2018
Committee says federal police failed to warn senator about raid in time to allow privilege claim
The Australian federal police may have acted in contempt of parliament by failing to warn Labor senator Louise Pratt of a raid investigating leaks about Peter Dutton’s au pair decisions, a report has found.
The Senate privileges committee suggested in the report, which was tabled on Monday, that the failure to warn Pratt meant she did not have a proper opportunity to claim parliamentary privilege over seized documents, a possible “interference with the functioning of parliament”.
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