Quote of the day:
“I don’t use the c-word, but I do use the f-word pretty freely, and I can tell you that Kevin Rudd is a f****** awful person.” — Former Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer speaks candidly to The Sunday Telegraph about the former prime minister.
The paper has since released the full transcript after Downer tried to distance himself from statements suggesting Rudd would take information from the Liberals and use it against his Labor colleagues during Labor’s years in opposition. Meanwhile, Rudd has refuted the allegations and threatened to take legal action for defamation against Alexander Downer and News Limited papers.
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