By Simon Hukin: The outcome of the leadership ballot today has demonstrated Tony Abbott will find it devastatingly difficult to unite his party room. With only one vote in it, it should be clear to the newly anointed leader that the party does not stand resolutely behind him. The wets – led as ever...
By Alex Schlotzer: Well what a whirlwind week in Australian politics that was, starting with the defection of most of Malcolm Turnbull’s frontbench and culminating in the win by Tony Abbott (by one vote) in today’s leadership spill. The tragedy (for Turnbull supporters) was that it was bound to happen as the now former...
By Simon Hukin The ire raised by Mr Turnbull’s recent decisions regarding the CPRS legislation has brought about some of the most bizarre scenes in Australia’s political history. Following his unilateral announcement late on Wednesday that he was the leader, and the party was largely in support of the passage of the amended emissions...
