Who leaked?
The leaking of Peter Dutton’s announcement to Labor was yet another blow to the Coalition. But it’s the things they should have seen coming that are worrying party insiders the most.
It’s the question just about everyone was asking on Friday night after Anthony Albanese phoned into ABC radio to torpedo Peter Dutton’s announcement on getting the Port of Darwin out of Chinese hands.
Who had leaked to the Labor campaign that Dutton was on his way to Darwin to announce that he would force China-based company Landbridge to sell the city’s port? Was it a journalist travelling on the Dutton campaign who had the embargoed announcement, or was it a rat in the ranks?
According to veteran political commentator Niki Savva on Insiders yesterday, the leak came straight from Liberal HQ to the Labor camp. If this is the case, the Liberals have a significant problem.
But senior Liberals dispute this, saying they know exactly which journalist gave Labor the inside scoop ahead of time.
