Christian Porter was warned by PM in 2017 over reports of 'drinking with young women'

Porter, who went on the become attorney general, categorically rejects allegations he behaved inappropriately at a Canberra bar

The then-prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, confronted Christian Porter in 2017 over allegations of inappropriate conduct with a young woman in a bar and warned him the risk of compromise is very real", the ABC has reported.

Turnbull went on to appoint Porter his attorney general a fortnight later, it was revealed on Monday's Four Corners program. In a statement after the broadcast, Porter said the depiction of interactions in the bar are categorically rejected".