Turnbull doesn't keep up Abbott's meetings

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has not maintained his predecessor's practice of meeting regularly with Liberal MPs charing backbench committees.

Tony Abbott agreed to hold bi-monthly meetings as he faced a threat to his leadership early in 2015.

But an official from the prime minister's department told a Senate estimates hearing on Monday, there had been no meetings since Mr Turnbull became prime minister six months ago.