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Shorten seeks Brandis envoy answer

The prime minister has dismissed a question from Labor leader Bill Shorten about a future diplomatic post for

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Malcolm Turnbull has ducked a question from Bill Shorten about whether Attorney-General George Brandis could be offered a diplomatic or judicial post before the next election.

It's been rumoured the embattled attorney-general is in line to replace Alexander Downer as high commissioner to London.

"I knew that the Member for Isaacs's (shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus) enmity towards Senator Brandis was an obsession, I didn't realise it was infectious," Mr Turnbull told parliament on Wednesday.


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