The Morrison government has voted to stop an inquiry into Porter donations.
Former attorney-general Christian Porter has avoided an investigation into whether his acceptance of mystery legal donations was in contempt of parliament.
The coalition government on Wednesday voted down Labor's motion to refer the MP for the Western Australia seat of Pearce to parliament's privileges committee.
Manager of opposition business Tony Burke accused the government of running a "protection racket" for Mr Porter over who helped fund his defamation case against the public broadcaster.
"We need to oppose a system where members of parliament can keep secret who is giving them money for personal bills," Mr Burke told parliament.
"If this is allowed to stand, the register of members' interests is obliterated in terms of being a disclosure document."
The Morrison Government just voted to stop an inquiry into Christian Porter’s secret donations. pic.twitter.com/gMMZ1vnTmM
— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) October 20, 2021
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