'Majority' of Cabinet backed decision to reject Rudd: Barnaby Joyce

By Michael Koziol
Updated July 31 2016 - 9:10pm, first published July 30 2016 - 8:28pm
"It was a decision of Cabinet": Barnaby Joyce said Malcolm Turnbull did not make a captain's pick on Kevin Rudd. Photo: Andrew Meares
"It was a decision of Cabinet": Barnaby Joyce said Malcolm Turnbull did not make a captain's pick on Kevin Rudd. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his cabinet debated whether to support Kevin Rudd's bid to become UN chief when they met on Thursday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his cabinet debated whether to support Kevin Rudd's bid to become UN chief when they met on Thursday. Photo: Andrew Meares

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull accurately reflected the mood of the federal Cabinet when he rejected Kevin Rudd's bid to lead the United Nations, according to deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce.

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