Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

Firstly, what I would say is that Peter Dutton is one of my closest personal friends in this parliament. The second thing I would say is that Peter Dutton has provided outstanding service to our nation, in particular in more recent times as the very effective Minister for Home Affairs. He has been an incredibly important contributor to the success of the Turnbull government, particularly in the space of national security and border protection. I can confirm that the Prime Minister and Mr Dutton, who has chosen to go to the backbench, have had conversations subsequent to the party room and that of course we look forward to the great contribution that Mr Dutton as the hardworking member for Dickson, representing the LNP in Queensland, will make to the future success of our government, including at the next election.