Brandis says Dreyfus lied about ads

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Mark Dreyfus is lying over the government's anti-boat ads, says his opposition counterpart George Brandis.

Labor is pressing ahead with advertising in the Australian media as part of its hardline campaign to deter asylum seeker boat arrivals, warning that those who come by boat without a visa will never be permitted to settle in Australia.

Senator Brandis says Labor is thieving the cost of the advertising campaign from taxpayers and a future coalition government would seek to have it repaid.

Senator Brandis continued his attack on the government for violating caretaker conventions by proceeding with advertising without the opposition's concurrence.

He said Mr Dreyfus had claimed the government only needed to consult the opposition, whereas a letter he sent to Opposition leader Tony Abbott clearly indicated agreement was needed.

"It is deeply disappointing that we have an attorney-general who is not prepared to discharge his role as the fist law officer of the Commonwealth, as the custodian of the laws and constitutional conventions of the country and is then prepared to go on television and actually lie about what he wrote in the letter to the leader of the opposition earlier this week," he told reporters in Brisbane on Saturday.

The government says domestic ads are necessary to get Labor's message to the relatives and friends of potential asylum seekers in Australia.

Mr Dreyfus insists there has been no breach as the government only needed to consult the opposition which had no power of veto.

Senator Brandis said the ads were nothing but Labor propaganda paid for with money thieved from the pockets of taxpayers.

"The opposition, in the event that we were to be successful and win the election will be considering whatever legal options are available to it," he said.

"We would expect the Labor Party to repay the cost of those political advertisements to the Australian taxpayer."

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