Prime minister reveals he won’t make a ‘captain’s pick’ to choose new Speaker,adding that it’s likely his friend’s career in parliament ‘is considerably at an terminate’Tony Abbott has admitted he will pay a personal price for failing to act sooner to remove his friend and ally Bronwyn Bishop amid the scandal over her expenses and said he would not make a “captain’s pick” to replace her.“The government has inevitably paid a price and I dare say there will be a little personal price for me but let’s not forget that, while Bronwyn has made some very serious mistakes, and ultimately she was the one who paid the highest price, Abbott said.
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Source: theguardian.com