The government is seeking to have the Senate censure senior Labor frontbencher Penny Wong over her alleged involvement in the revelation Barnaby Joyce was a New Zealand citizen when he stood for parliament.
Senator Wong has admitted her chief of staff was involved in fishing for information during a conversation with a friend from the NZ Labour Party.
Attorney-General George Brandis has accused Senator Wong of conspiring with a foreign political party.
“It plainly crosses a line when a serious domestic political dispute … is progressed by the opposition not through the process of the Australian parliament but through the process of a parliament of a foreign friendly nation,” he told parliament on Wednesday
Senator Wong conceded it was “unwise” for her staff member to engage in that discussion but insists the questions about Mr Joyce’s citizenship arose from media inquiries.
“It is incorrect to assert, as Senator Brandis does, that this story broke as a result of any action by my office,” she told parliament.
The Greens dismissed the government move as “politics of distraction”.
Source: Government moves censure motion against Wong over alleged involvement in Joyce revelation | SBS News
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