Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

(—) (): I thank the member for Sturt for his question, though I would have to say I am a little bit surprised by it, in circumstances where Niki Savva's op-ed earlier in the week in the Australian newspaper said:

Abbott's chief of staff Peta Credlin sent an email to shadows and whips last week reminding them they had to get clearance in advance.

The context of that in the previous sentence was:

More difficult is keeping MPs away from major media, especially if they are not good at it, or their performances have the potential to cut across an agreed strategy.

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