Current Affair : 'No deals from my office' on guns, says Tony Abbott

Former prime minister Tony Abbott during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Canberra

Former prime minister Tony Abbott during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Canberra Source: AAP

Key crossbench senator David Leyonhjelm claims the Abbott government made an agreement with his office to insert a sunset clause of 12 months on the importation of the Adler lever-action shotgun. But the former prime minister Tony Abbott says every piece of legislation has a sunset clause and letters purporting such a deal was about telling Senator Leyonhjelm what was happening anyway. Ivan and Selina report.



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