The Privileges and Procedures Committee accepted that Senator Shenton did not set out to trick Senator Cohen by asking him to phone him on a recorded line in January 2008, but they said that he should have informed him that the call was being recorded.
In a statement reporting the breach to States Members, Privileges found that Senator Shenton broke the part of the code of conduct requiring Members to treat each other ‘with respect and courtesy’.
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