From Domainfax:
Malcolm Turnbull has publicly contradicted his predecessor, Tony Abbott, declaring the former prime minister’s office had been aware of negotiations in 2015 to trade a Senate vote for a change in gun laws.
The Prime Minister’s comments drew an audible gasp from members in the House of Representatives and, after a week in which the government’s attempt to focus on a pair of key industrial relations bill has been sidetracked by debate about Australia’s gun laws, is certain to ratchet up tensions within the Coalition over the issue.
Mr Turnbull backed his ministers and, effectively, rebuked his predecessor by contradicting Mr Abbott’s claim on the ABC’s 7.30 on Wednesday night that he and his office had been unaware of any horse trading on a guns deal with Liberal Democrat senator David Leyonhjlem.
Labor cheers wildly!
