“If he’s vigorously denied [the allegations] to the prime minister, he should vigorously deny them to the public”. The former prime minister said it was not good enough for the prime minister, Scott Morrison, to “outsource” responsibility for who was in the ministry to the Australian federal police. Turnbull said Morrison should require the unnamed minister to “speak up”. The prime minister said he had spoken to the minister on the same day, and to the commissioner of the Australian federal police that evening. Turnbull said there needed to be an inquest examining factors that might have led to the woman’s death.

Source: The Guardian March 02, 2021 01:47 UTC