Conservative MPs rebuke Malcolm Turnbull for Peter Dutton's axing from national security committee

By James Massola, Political Correspondent
Updated November 17 2015 - 4:08pm, first published November 16 2015 - 6:33pm
Kevin Andrews Photo: Paul Jeffers
Kevin Andrews Photo: Paul Jeffers
The then prime minister with Immigration Minister Peter Dutton. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
The then prime minister with Immigration Minister Peter Dutton. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Backbenchers Tony Abbott and Kevin Andrews. Photo: Andrew Meares
Backbenchers Tony Abbott and Kevin Andrews. Photo: Andrew Meares

Dumped former defence minister Kevin Andrews has challenged Malcolm Turnbull to restore Immigration Minister Peter Dutton to the powerful national security committee of cabinet, in a direct rebuke to the Prime Minister over national security arrangements following the Paris terror attacks.

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