Morrison's senior adviser accused of pirating Malcolm Turnbull’s unreleased memoir

Former PM and publisher believe unauthorised digital copies were distributed with encouragement to forward on

A legal clash embarrassing to Scott Morison is looming with claims a senior adviser to the prime minister has pirated Malcolm Turnbull’s memoir before official publication on Monday.

Lawyers for Turnbull and his publisher Hardie Grant believe unauthorised digital copies of the book, A Bigger Picture, were widely distributed with recipients encouraged to forward them to others.

Related: Malcolm Turnbull: News Corp is like a political party with the Murdochs encouraging intolerance

Continue reading...