The Prime Minister has been quizzed on recent remarks from Tanya Plibersek where she claimed she would have been elected Labor leader instead of Mr Albanese if she put her hand up for the job in 2019.
"They reluctantly chose him even though half his colleagues don't like him at all and even though he was regarded for example as the worst health minister that Australia's had, chosen by the Australian Medical Association.
She has cited the need to support her daughter Anna, who was abused by an ex-boyfriend, as a key factor in not contesting the 2019 leadership ballot. "Anna's sharing her story today because since then she and some friends have set-up a peer support volunteer run organisation called the Survivor Hub to try and help other people who are going through what they experienced," she continued.
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