Colleagues rue the 'unhelpful' content of book

By James Massola
Updated July 25 2014 - 3:08pm, first published 6:35am
Joe Hockey at the launch of his biography. Photo: Peter Rae
Joe Hockey at the launch of his biography. Photo: Peter Rae

A defiant Joe Hockey has insisted he will not apologise for participating in an authorised biography that revealed his belief the budget was too ''soft'' and in which tensions with cabinet colleagues Malcolm Turnbull and Ian Macfarlane were laid bare.