Perin Davey 'was not drunk' at Senate committee hearing: David Littleproud

Nationals Leader David Littleproud has insisted that the party’s Deputy Leader Perin Davey was not drunk at a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday last week. “Perin Davey has admitted she had a couple of drinks but she was not drunk,” Mr Littleproud told Sky News Australia. “If you look at the full 12 minutes of questioning that Perin put in at that Senate Estimates, she was fully coherent in terms of the questioning she put forward. “It was a long day and I think we all slur our words from time to time. "I’ve spoken to Perin a number of times over the weekend and she obviously has been upfront, she had a couple of drinks as most of us do to wind down and make sure that it’s within the prescribed environment, that no one goes beyond that."