Senior cabinet ministers confirm they received and deleted a pirated-copy of Malcolm Turnbull's new memoir which the publisher claims originated from Prime Minister Scott Morrison's office.
The letter from lawyers HWL Ebsworth, first published by the Guardian Australia, alleged that the staffer was"responsible for unauthorised distribution" of Mr Turnbull's book.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne confirmed the existence of the e-book on Insiders but insisted it had"absolutely not" come from the PMO. Cabinet colleague and Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said he received a copy via WhatsApp from a"personal friend" last night and immediately deleted it. There is no suggestion that the Prime Minister himself was involved but the ABC understands the staff member in question is a trusted and close confidant of Mr Morrison., 20 months after Mr Turnbull was toppled from the top job in what he describes as a"determined, right-wing insurgency".
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