Christopher Pyne’s transition to talking head is almost complete, the former defence minister being the recent recipient of his first-ever rap on the knuckles from the Australian Press Council.
The complaint was lodged by pensioned-off former Croydon MP (his words) Michael Atkinson. It came to a quick resolution, the former South Australian Labor attorney-general succeeding in forcing The Advertiser to amend an article by Pyne after the now-lobbyist mentioned his current clients without any disclosure.