Senator labels government´s response to Labor´s questions about case `shameful´. All the day´s events, live 1.17am BST Mike Bowers was there when both Mathias Cormann and Penny Wong made their statements to the Senate 1.03am BST And it must also be stated that John Setka denies he intimidated the senators, telling ABC radio this morning his comments were part of `campaigning`. 1.01am BST So in the last half an hour, Rex Patrick has announced he has referred the matter of whether or not John Setka threatened him and Jacqui Lambie to the federal police, has announced he will ask the Senate to examine whether or not Setka threatened senators in a motion tomorrow, Mathias Cormann delivered the Senate-ordered explanation on Gladys Liu by saying the government supported her, and Penny Wong has said Labor will continue to probe the matter. 12.58am BST Penny Wong finishes with:Well, we´re not going to be deterred, nor intimidated by this obvious distraction. And I suspect members of the media won´t be. I suspect members of the community won´t be. Because ultimately, we are judged in this country not by our ethnicity or our faith, but what we do. 12.58am BST Penny Wong:I´ll take that interjection.They can see what I´m doing, yes. I´m raising legitimate questions about Australia´s national security and I´m responding to your grubby political tactic of trying to make this about race. I will not take ... 12.56am BST Penny Wong:He´s trying to shield himself from accountability by hiding behind the Chinese-Australian community. He´s suggesting that to ask legitimate questions, when public concerns have been raised, not by the Labor party, but by others, is an attack on the entire Chinese-Australian population. 12.54am BST Penny Wong:Now, as I said, it´s clear that there are many in the Liberal party who simply do not have confidence in the handling by the prime minister, by Mr Morrison, or the member for Chisholm on these matters. Last week we saw a report in the West Aus ...
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