Did the ALP supply Allan Kessing with a lawyer?
McCLELLAND: I am not aware of any such thing occurring. But again, there is no reason I would necessarily be informed about these things. I mean the ALP is not the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia. JOURNALIST: [Inaudible] NEGUS: We took on board the comments after the Haneef Affair and we think we’ve moved forward a long way from there. We are doing a range of different things to ensure that we are on the cutting edge of law enforcement. I would like to think going forward, this is an organisation that will be renowned for very much the right reasons. JOURNALIST: Do you see your appointment as an opportunity for a fresh start particularly with your relationship with the media? NEGUS: I don’t think it needs to be freshened up particularly. I mean there’s a lot of good work that’s done by the AFP. We keep going back to one particular incident, but broadly the AFP conducts itself extremely well. It is, I think, held in high regard by the public and the broader law enforcement c
