Published: April 03, 2019
Inquiry finds AFP, in haste to seize communications on Peter Dutton grant of visas, showed rules were ‘afterthought’
Australian federal police viewed rules governing parliamentary privilege as an “afterthought” in their haste to seize leaked communications about Peter Dutton’s grant of visas to au pairs, a Senate inquiry has concluded.
In a report tabled on Tuesday the Senate privileges committee concluded the police had a “genuine” inadequate understanding of the rules but it declined to make a finding that they acted in contempt of parliament.
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