Coalition calls for Albanese to ‘enforce’ ministerial code as more details of frontbencher investments emerge
Mark Dreyfus says he has complied with code of conduct but Peter Dutton says attorney general should have known he had investments linked to legal firm
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Attorney general Mark Dreyfus is the latest government member to become embroiled in a widening furore over investments held by ministers, with the Coalition claiming the financial arrangements of several frontbenchers breach Anthony Albanese's ministerial standards.
The attorney general denied any wrongdoing but said he will examine the matter", after the opposition raised concerns over a potential conflict of interest, with deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley calling for the prime minister's office to investigate the financial arrangements of the government frontbench.
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