Christian Porter confirms tense exchange with Turnbull over Dutton's tilt at PM

Attorney general says he gave ‘accurate and correct’ legal advice to embattled leader

Christian Porter says he believes he gave “accurate and correct” legal advice to Malcolm Turnbull when he told the former leader that he could not stop the governor general from appointing Peter Dutton as prime minister.

After reports on Thursday revealed that the attorney general had clashed with Turnbull after he made a last-ditch attempt to save his leadership by raising constitutional doubts about Dutton’s eligibility to sit in parliament, Porter confirmed that the pair had disagreed over the matter.

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