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Speaking of which:

Scott Morrison is asked about those leaked text messages between a cabinet minister and former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian put to him at the National Press Club that suggested he was, among other things, a horrible person".

I can't speak about it because I don't know anything about it, Gladys doesn't know anything about it and those that are raising it, well, frankly, there are a lot of questions being asked about them at the moment.