Senator Eric Abetz (from the conservative wing of the Australian Government) is not a happy bunny over the Government's near electoral loss on July 2, 2016 (Photo courtesy Andrew Meares via SMH)
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The relevant paragraph is:
"In contrast Abbott (now demoted to ordinary MP)
can point to his own win by a landslide, in the 2013 Election. Abbott is also an
expert in undermining opponents in his own party. It is possible that
leadership tensions will overcome Turnbull. I’ll take a punt that Turnbull may
be voted out by his colleagues in the Liberal Party Room by February 2017.
Turnbull’s replacement?..."
An article
from Australia’s ABC out today (July 14, 2016) underlines tensions between Government centrists and conservatives that I was referring to. The ABC article reports:
“Conservative former minister Eric Abetz has unloaded on
the way his Government's leadership team handled the federal election campaign,
saying the Liberal Party fell over the line and failed to heed community
concern about superannuation [contributor pension fund] policy….Tasmanian Senator [Abetz] said the election
win had been the "barest of victories" and it was time the party
listened to backbenchers who had been out doorknocking and hearing directly
from voters.”
COMMENT
Abetz seems another possible replacement for Prime Minister Turnbull or at least Abetz may regain a Minister level position in the Government. As I described in Australian
Election and Shipbuilding this centrist versus conservative infighting is
likely to impact on defence minister and shipbuilding issues over the next 12 months.
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Pete
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