Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

So we had Crean attacking Beazley. Now we have the Leader of the Opposition attacking the member for Hotham. He said:

What Simon wanted was a stitch-up to prevent a challenge. He invited me to participate and I said, ‘No Simon. Trust the party. Trust the preselection process.’

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