Malcolm Turnbull defends decision to appoint Christian Porter as Attorney-General in wake of Four Corners revelations

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says he would have given more thought to promoting Christian Porter to Attorney- General if he had known about the extent of the allegations of inappropriate behaviour against him. Key points: Malcolm Turnbull says he did not know the alleged extent of Christian Porter's behaviour before promoting him to Attorney-General A Four Corners story revealed a history of sexism and inappropriate behaviour ABC managing director David Anderson said the story is in the public interest Four Corners revealed last night that Mr Turnbull warned Mr Porter about his behaviour with a young female Liberal staffer in a Canberra bar, telling him he could be putting himself at risk of compromise or blackmail. Loading YouTube content Mr Turnbull said he was surprised by the reported behaviour and thought up until Monday night that Mr Porter's only indiscretion had been "being drunk in the company of young female staffers". Mr Turnbull had earlier told Four Corners that he told Mr Porter the incident was "unacceptable conduct for a Cabinet minister and it exposes you to the risk of compromise".