Bill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday in question time in explaining why the Prime Minister sacked the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, the Prime Minister informed the parliament that there was conflict between the former secretary and the current agriculture minister—two people in conflict; one got sacked. Therefore, what steps did the Prime Minister take to satisfy himself whether the real issue was the conduct of the agriculture minister, or does the Prime Minister assert that the former secretary was 100 per cent to blame for the conflict?

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