Prime Minister Scott Morrison says claims one of his Liberal MPs mistreated her campaign workers have been debunked.
Victorian Liberal MP Julia Banks, who is quitting politics due to bullying within her party, has denied claims she mistreated workers on her 2016 campaign.
She cited bullying and intimidation tactics by male colleagues during last month's leadership spill as the reason she will leave parliament at the next federal election.
Now claims aired in a confidential internal party report written after the 2016 election have been made public by The Australian.
The report written by a "veteran Liberal political advisor" and submitted to Victorian Liberal director Simon Frost, accuses her of poorly treating volunteer campaign workers and having unrealistic expectations, The Australian said. Ms Banks denies the allegations.
"The campaign went through a number of staff and volunteers. I believe it important to put on record the way staff and volunteers were treated as I have never seen anything like this before," the report said, according to The Australian.
Ms Banks has reserved her right to take legal action over the "false allegations".
Mr Morrison said there was nothing to the claims.
"The 2016 report? That was dismissed by the party division last night," Mr Morrison told reporters in Melbourne on Friday.
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