The attorney general accuses his former cabinet colleague of improperly trying to force a cabinet reshuffle in a scheme that has ‘left a very bad tasteGeorge Brandis has accused his former cabinet colleague Ian Macfarlane of “gaming the system” and keeping local department members in the dark approximately his defection plans when he was re-endorsed just two weeks ago.
The attorney general and leader of the government in the Senate said Macfarlane was improperly trying to force Malcolm Turnbull to bring on a cabinet reshuffle by swapping from the Liberals to the Nationals in a scheme that had “left a very bad taste in people’s mouths”.
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Source: theguardian.com