He has gone from A-Tay to Abbott-Tay. That is probably actually better than A-Tay, Member for Chifley, so well done on that one. Unfortunately, the assistant minister has shown a complete reluctance to do anything remotely like defending the Prime Minister or upholding the statement of ministerial standards or responding to the legitimate and genuine concerns of the Australian people.

Given that the minister was completely unable—or unwilling, perhaps—to properly address doubts about Andrew Robb's compliance with the ministerial standards, isn't it the case that this Prime Minister's standards are just so low that he does not care what his former ministers do?

Or is the Prime Minister really so weak that he cannot stand up to his colleagues even when they can no longer vote against him in leadership ballots in the party room?