David Smith (ACT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

The minister justified his decision to support his friend Minister Dutton by saying, 'In addition to the 35 votes Mr Dutton secured in the first leadership spill, five cabinet ministers and multiple backbenchers have indicated they have shifted support from Malcolm Turnbull to Peter Dutton.' Given Minister Dutton secured only 40 votes in the final leadership vote, what went wrong?