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Australia politics live: Taylor’s staffer berates journalist for asking about Icac; Coalition again targets Albanese over melon comments in question time

One of Angus Taylor’s staffers has gone a bit ham, verbally attacking Channel 10 journalist Ashleigh Raper over her questions to the Liberal leader about whether he spoke with Dallas McInerney about sending money to the reformers group. During the press conference, Taylor repeatedly said he would not provide a running commentary on the Icac […]

By deepak · August 13, 2026 · 1 min read

One of Angus Taylor’s staffers has gone a bit ham, verbally attacking Channel 10 journalist Ashleigh Raper over her questions to the Liberal leader about whether he spoke with Dallas McInerney about sending money to the reformers group.

During the press conference, Taylor repeatedly said he would not provide a running commentary on the Icac probe.

But as soon as the press conference ended, and while cameras were still running, staffer Kane Silom was heard rebuking Raper.

double quotation markAre your ratings that bad? Seriously, that’s a fricking disgrace.

Labor senator, Tony Sheldon, has subsequently verbally attacked Taylor and said he needs to answer the questions Raper was asking. He told the media:

double quotation markWhat did you Angus Taylor know about branch stacking activities in Liberal branches, and did you have any conversations with Dallas McInerney about funding for those operations? He has refused to answer those question on several occasions when he was asked today, he needs to come clean.

Source: Read the original article on www.theguardian.com