According to Shane Dowling the ABC is protecting a David Gazard & "fishnet stockings" Alexander Downer:
"David Gazard also has skin in the game which also wasn’t mentioned on the Four Corners show. Mr Gazard has made $millions lobbying the Scott Morrison government over many years. One example is the $5.5 billion cancelled submarine contract where David Gazard’s lobbying business was employed by France. "
And
"Alexander Downer was Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2007 and left the federal parliament in 2008. All the evidence points to Downer being a criminal who in 2003 had Australian spies (ASIS) install listening devices in the Palace of the Government in Dili, East Timor for the financial benefit of mining company Woodside. Downer worked for Woodside after he left parliament which would have to be the payoff for the bugging."