Government row over leaked national-security papers

Tony Abbott, left, and Malcolm Turnbull

Tony Abbott, left, and Malcolm Turnbull Source: AAP

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says the Liberal Party is at war with itself as a row breaks out over the leaking of classified national-security documents. Federal police have been called in to investigate how sections of an early draft of the Defence white paper fell into the hands of a reporter from The Australian newspaper. Former prime minister Tony Abbott insists he was not the source of the leak.



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