Scott Morrison plays down Barnaby Joyce's text message calling him a liar

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he has forgiven Barnaby Joyce for describing him as a liar last year, insisting he could not care less what people say about him in text messages. Key points: Mr Joyce sent the text message in March 2021 He called Scott Morrison a hypocrite and a liar Mr Morrison says he will "not be distracted" by the text messages Senior cabinet figures admit it has been a bruising week for the government, with a separate leaked message reportedly from an unnamed minister describing the Prime Minister as a "horrible person" and a "complete psycho". Labor has continued to use the leaked message to attack the Prime Minister's character, with frontbencher Jim Chalmers saying: "The people who know Scott Morrison the most trust him the least." "What people send around in text messages I frankly could not care less about," Mr Morrison said.