The prime minister,Malcolm Turnbull, defends his special minister for state, or Mal Brough,who has denied he asked former Speaker Peter Slippers staffer James Ashby to gain access to Slipper’s official diary several years ago. Brough also says he has not misled parliament. Saying ‘guilt or innocence is not determined by public denunciation’, Turnbull says evidence on the matter has been available for some time. He takes his seat then after interruptions from the Labor oppositionContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com