CANBERRA: Recently resigned Minister for Defence, Joel Fitzgibbon says he believes he has not done anything wrong by not declaring several gifts to Parliament's pecuniary interests register.Mr Fitzgibbon said he believed he didn't have to declare the gifts, as he thought the agents within the Defence Department that were spying on him would do this for him.
In his first interview after his resignation, given exclusively to The Bugler, the former Minister said his spies should have reported his financial arrangements.
"I mean, they're looking through my computer, going through my files and trawling my personal life. They really could have just declared a few gifts," said Mr Fitzgibbon.
"This really is an enormous stuff up, and I think a full and frank review would be appropriate."
"The Defence Signals Directorate, the military's spy agency, are to blame," said Mr Fitzgibbon.
Mr Fitzgibbon resigned earlier today after failing to declare a range of gifts.
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