'Why would I be angry?' Julie Bishop denies she went 'bananas' at Tony Abbott over climate chaperone report

By Latika Bourke
Updated December 4 2014 - 1:14pm, first published 1:01pm
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop talks strategy with Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Parliament House. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop talks strategy with Prime Minister Tony Abbott in Parliament House. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Ms Bishop on Thursday said it would be "an efficient use" of Andrew Robb and her time to both be present at the climate conference. Photo: Andrew Meares
Ms Bishop on Thursday said it would be "an efficient use" of Andrew Robb and her time to both be present at the climate conference. Photo: Andrew Meares
Ms Bishop on Thursday said it would be "an efficient use" of Andrew Robb and her time to both be present at the climate conference. Photo: Andrew Meares
Ms Bishop on Thursday said it would be "an efficient use" of Andrew Robb and her time to both be present at the climate conference. Photo: Andrew Meares
Ms Bishop was reported to have gone "bananas" at the Prime Minister Tony Abbott over the Fairfax Media report. Photo: Andrew Meares
Ms Bishop was reported to have gone "bananas" at the Prime Minister Tony Abbott over the Fairfax Media report. Photo: Andrew Meares
Ms Bishop on Thursday said it would be "an efficient use" of Andrew Robb and her time to both be present at the climate conference. Photo: Andrew Meares
Ms Bishop on Thursday said it would be "an efficient use" of Andrew Robb and her time to both be present at the climate conference. Photo: Andrew Meares
Ms Bishop on Thursday said it would be "an efficient use" of Andrew Robb and her time to both be present at the climate conference. Photo: Andrew Meares
Ms Bishop on Thursday said it would be "an efficient use" of Andrew Robb and her time to both be present at the climate conference. Photo: Andrew Meares

Julie Bishop has denied she "went bananas" at Tony Abbott after the Prime Minister ordered the Foreign Minister be chaperoned by Trade Minister Andrew Robb to a climate summit next week.

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