Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

As I just indicated, I am confident the Prime Minister would have no tolerance for such references in any way. I am completely confident that he would never have made them, and that he has such zero tolerance. As I said, I haven't seen the allegations, and forgive me for the fact that I don't take everything at face value in the way it's framed in questions from the opposition, because I've learnt in this job, over time, that the distortions in the way questions can be presented often add a tone of misrepresentation to what apparently occurred. But the Prime Minister's respect for Ms Berejiklian is paramount and significant. He holds her in the highest regard, and his intolerance for such references or statements would be equally high.