Liberal frontbencher Melissa McIntosh backs Hastie on immigration
Tom McIlroy
Liberal frontbencher Melissa McIntosh has expressed support for colleague Andrew Hastie, after he quit the opposition frontbench on Friday over a dispute with Sussan Ley.
Hastie, the now former shadow home affairs minister, said he was resigning because Ley had not offered him any role in the formation of immigration policy for the Coalition.
Speaking on Sky News, McIntosh, the shadow communications minister, said MPs of the calibre of Hastie, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Jane Hume should be on the Coalition’s frontbench.
He’s done great work for our party but he’s made his decision and he’s not indicated that there’s any other intent behind it except…