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Christopher Pyne 'very sorry' for 'damaging' same-sex marriage remarks
Federal Minister Christopher Pyne has said he is "very sorry" for his "damaging" remarks to factional allies last Friday, which have set off days of infighting in the Turnbull Government.
The Minister for Defence Industry and Leader of the House made his full-throated apology to local branch members in Adelaide, after playing down the significance of his comments earlier this week.
On Friday, he told colleagues in the Liberal Party's moderate faction they were in the "winner's circle" and same-sex marriage could happen "sooner than everyone thinks".
The comments were secretly recorded and released to the media, enraging senior conservative colleagues who privately demanded Mr Turnbull dump Mr Pyne as Leader of the House.
At a local branch meeting on Wednesday darkness in his electorate of Sturt, Mr Pyne said: "I'm very sorry that my comments at an event last Friday own caused such a distraction for the Government. I apologise to
Christopher Pyne says his same-sex marriage support, vote for Malcolm Turnbull 'not a secret'
A "sensational story" that "excited the press" is how senior frontbencher Christopher Pyne has described comments he made at a Liberal function on same-sex marriage and his party's leadership.
Key points:
- Mr Pyne says he has voted for Malcolm Turnbull "over my whole career"
- He brushed off allegations he was disloyal to Tony Abbott, says "[we] were central to him becoming prime minister"
- Mr Pyne says "not remarkable" he wants same-sex marriage in Australia
A secret audio recording of Mr Pyne addressing factional allies in a Sydney bar on Friday night stirred up tensions within the Coalition between conservatives and moderates.
Mr Pyne was recorded as saying he had voted for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in every leadership ballot he had ever been in, and that Coalition colleagues were working on achieving same-sex marriage.
Former prime minister Tony Abbott lashed out at his former minister, after it was suggest
Christopher Pyne’s gay marriage comments land him in hot water
Federal Government minister Christopher Pyne’s comments during an after-party in Sydney hold landed him – and the rest of the Liberal Party – in hot water from most sections of the political spectrum.
Reportedly released to far-right commentator Andrew Bolt, the recording of the comments were taken in the company of some of the other left-leaning members of the Liberal Party.
What got most people heckled was Christopher Pyne’s boasting about the early introduction of same-sex marriage.
“Friends, we are in the winner’s circle but we have to deliver a couple of things and one of those we’ve got to deliver before too long is marriage equality in this country.
&#;We&#;re going to get it. I think it might even be sooner than everyone thinks.”
Malcolm Turnbull
The Prime Minister has distanced himself from the comments made by Christopher Pyne, that same-sex marriage would be introduced “sooner than everyone thinks.”
Mr Turnbull said gay marriage would only be law once the Australian public had voted on the issue.