Malcolm Turnbull knew Mr Abbott was asleep in his office and unable to be roused after a boozy dinner with colleagues, but there was nothing he could do.
“It’s clearly not acceptable or admirable in any way,” he told Neil Mitchell on 3AW radio on Friday.
Then-Labor treasurer Wayne Swan also weighed in on Mr Abbott, saying his recklessness knew no bounds.
Mr Abbott has laughed off his night in the members-only dining room in early 2009 when “quite a few bottles of wine were consumed” between three MPs.
“There was one famous occasion when Peter Costello, Kevin Andrews and I hung out rather a long time here,” he will say in an upcoming episode of the ABC television series The House.
“I think quite a few bottles of wine were consumed by the three of us. Peter was close to leaving at that stage, and I think all of us were in a mellow and reflective mood, so the reflections went on for longer, and later, than they
should have.”
Mr Abbott, who was a member of Mr Turnbull’s then- shadow ministry, admitted he slept through several divisions.
Source: ‘Not acceptable’: Turnbull slams Abbott after admission of drunkenness | SBS News
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