Malcolm Turnbull defends use of personal email

By Matthew Knott, Ben Grubb
Updated October 9 2015 - 9:18pm, first published 5:26pm
Malcolm Turnbull: "You could never write a letter to your constituent, you could never use SMS." Photo: Daniel Munoz
Malcolm Turnbull: "You could never write a letter to your constituent, you could never use SMS." Photo: Daniel Munoz

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has defended his use of a personal email account and self-destructing messaging applications to communicate with colleagues, despite concerns about the security and transparency implications of the practice.