Senior ministers have defended Prime Minister Scott Morrison against a bruising personal attack from Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, saying the NSW senator and factional operative was angry at losing her pre-selection at the weekend.
Multiple Liberals noted that Mr Morrison, along with then prime minster Malcolm Turnbull, saved Senator Fierravanti-Wells’ preselection campaign in 2016 when she was under threat.
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