palmer on abbott and credlin

Exerpt from ABC Online...
Arriving at Parliament House this morning, Mr Palmer said he did not know about Ms Credlin's difficulties in trying to have children, but said he would not be apologising for highlighting her case in the debate.

And he continued his personal criticisms of Mr Abbott's chief adviser, calling her the "top dog" in the Government with too much influence over MPs, and saying she was fair game because of her role in forming government policy.

"I think the idea for the paid parental leave came directly from his chief of staff," Mr Palmer told reporters.

"She's propagating [PPL] and she gave Tony Abbott his ideas, he can't think of anything himself," he said.

"As chief of staff, regardless of whether she's a woman or a man, she exercises undue influence on government policy to the detriment of many elected members of Parliament.

"She's made comments that various members of the Coalition will never become ministers and it's not her position to do so.

"Her husband [Brian Loughnane] is of course federal director of the Liberal Party, and it's naive to imagine that a lot of the so-called ideas from the Liberal Party don't come from there.

Dave R.