13-August-2010
Portfolio Media Releases, The Economy, Community, Funding
Wayne Swan must today answer whether he or his office leaked an alleged confidential Treasury note to the Sydney Morning Herald.
This morning on “AM” Mr Swan dodged a question about whether he was responsible for the leak.
The leak of this alleged Treasury modelling during an election campaign is a serious criminal offence with the potential to have a significant impact on the outcome of the election.
Mr Swan has refused to instigate an Australian Federal Police inquiry into the leak, despite Labor having fallen over themselves in other cases of leaks – adverse to the Government – to instigate inquiries.
Coincidentally, Mr Swan was in Canberra on the day the note was apparently leaked.
Mr Swan must answer: did he or his office leak this note?
Yes or no.
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