Senior business figures, including close supporters of John Howard, have been dragged into the Brian Burke scandal after Health Minister Tony Abbott questioned the ethics of hiring the disgraced lobbyist.
As Kevin Rudd yesterday resisted pressure to provide further detail of three meetings with the politically poisonous former West Australian premier, the Prime Minister prepared to replace Ian Campbell, the Human Services Minister, who was sensationally sacked on Saturday after The Weekend Australian revealed details of his 20-minute meeting with Mr Burke last June.
