Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews has leapt to the defence of Prime Minister Scott Morrison, after he was blindsided by alleged text messages between party colleagues.

Network Ten’s political editor Peter Van Onselen referenced alleged text messages at the National Press Club lunch yesterday between former NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian and a current cabinet minister.

It’s alleged the former premier described Mr Morrison as a “horrible, horrible person”, while the unnamed cabinet minister described him as a “fraud and complete psycho”.

“I thought the Prime Minister’s speech was good, he raised a lot of issues, he dealt with a lot of issues, he talked about what the future was gong o be in terms of manufacturing and our recover that was all positive,” Ms Andrews told Neil Breen.

“And then we had the issue of supposed text messages from the former Premier Gladys Berejiklian and some unnamed cabinet minister.

“It’s unclear if that person was from NSW, I would hope the individual is not from the federal parliament.

“It was pretty ordinary, I’ve got to say.”

She said she found Mr Morrison “firm but fair”.

“I don’t think he deserved what was done to him yesterday at the Press Club,” she said.

“I think he is a decent person, he’s a very good leader, and he has dealt with things over the last two years in particular that no other leader has had to deal with, from a federal point of view for many, many years.”

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