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| Q&A: Julie Bishop would have been tougher PM for Labor, says Albanese | Q&A: Julie Bishop would have been tougher PM for Labor, says Albanese |
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| A Julie Bishop prime ministership would have been the ALP’s worst-case scenario to emerge from the Liberal party’s internecine war two weeks ago, Labor’s Anthony Albanese has said. | A Julie Bishop prime ministership would have been the ALP’s worst-case scenario to emerge from the Liberal party’s internecine war two weeks ago, Labor’s Anthony Albanese has said. |
| Albanese was asked on ABC’s Q&A about the Liberal’s leadership spill of last month and whether Bishop would have been a more formidable opponent in the next election than Scott Morrison. | Albanese was asked on ABC’s Q&A about the Liberal’s leadership spill of last month and whether Bishop would have been a more formidable opponent in the next election than Scott Morrison. |
| 'I will name names on bullying,' says Liberal senator Lucy Gichuhi | |
| Albanese answered: “Obviously ... Anyone who thought Peter Dutton was the answer, must have been asking a pretty weird question. | Albanese answered: “Obviously ... Anyone who thought Peter Dutton was the answer, must have been asking a pretty weird question. |
| “Peter Dutton hasn’t polled in double figures as preferred leader ever. It’s quite extraordinary that you had a coup against a sitting PM who had won 58 Newspolls in a row as preferred PM, was on 49% of the two-party preferred vote, we had the energy policy resolved in the party room, then it just dissolved over a few days.” | “Peter Dutton hasn’t polled in double figures as preferred leader ever. It’s quite extraordinary that you had a coup against a sitting PM who had won 58 Newspolls in a row as preferred PM, was on 49% of the two-party preferred vote, we had the energy policy resolved in the party room, then it just dissolved over a few days.” |
| Bishop stood for the Liberal party leadership when Malcolm Turnbull lost the confidence of the party room late last month, but received only 11 votes in the 85-strong party, with some colleagues who supported her voting tactically against her. Morrison ultimately defeated Dutton 45 votes to 40 in the final ballot to wrest the prime ministership. | Bishop stood for the Liberal party leadership when Malcolm Turnbull lost the confidence of the party room late last month, but received only 11 votes in the 85-strong party, with some colleagues who supported her voting tactically against her. Morrison ultimately defeated Dutton 45 votes to 40 in the final ballot to wrest the prime ministership. |
| Apart from Turnbull – the most popular Liberal leader with the Australian public – Bishop was the best publicly supported candidate. Having lost, Bishop has resigned from the ministry, and will sit on the backbench, but will recontest her West Australian seat of Curtin. | Apart from Turnbull – the most popular Liberal leader with the Australian public – Bishop was the best publicly supported candidate. Having lost, Bishop has resigned from the ministry, and will sit on the backbench, but will recontest her West Australian seat of Curtin. |
| Albanese said community anger at the Liberal party over the leadership spill was representative of a broader dissatisfaction with Australia’s political class, and political system. | Albanese said community anger at the Liberal party over the leadership spill was representative of a broader dissatisfaction with Australia’s political class, and political system. |
| “Overwhelmingly people, yes, they’re angry with the Liberal party, but more importantly, from my perspective, they’re angry with the political system that has replaced four elected PMs in their first terms. And if all of us don’t recognise that, frankly we are out of touch.” | “Overwhelmingly people, yes, they’re angry with the Liberal party, but more importantly, from my perspective, they’re angry with the political system that has replaced four elected PMs in their first terms. And if all of us don’t recognise that, frankly we are out of touch.” |
| Steve Bannon: Australia is on ‘frontlines’ of economic war with China | |
| Another panellist, the conservative broadcaster and former Liberal party candidate Alan Jones, condemned Liberal parliamentarians who had made allegations of bullying over the spill and said they should “toughen up”. | Another panellist, the conservative broadcaster and former Liberal party candidate Alan Jones, condemned Liberal parliamentarians who had made allegations of bullying over the spill and said they should “toughen up”. |
| “If these people have complaints, surely they should articulate against whom the complaints are being made? Otherwise you can accuse anybody of anything. | “If these people have complaints, surely they should articulate against whom the complaints are being made? Otherwise you can accuse anybody of anything. |
| “Some of these politicians know the game they’re going in to and it is tough and it is confrontational and it is antagonistic at times. I would recommend some of them - I don’t know who they are, who are saying they’re being bullied - they need to take a teaspoon full of cement and toughen up.” | “Some of these politicians know the game they’re going in to and it is tough and it is confrontational and it is antagonistic at times. I would recommend some of them - I don’t know who they are, who are saying they’re being bullied - they need to take a teaspoon full of cement and toughen up.” |
| Jones also criticised Turnbull, accusing him of an “appalling exhibition of character”. | Jones also criticised Turnbull, accusing him of an “appalling exhibition of character”. |
| “This bloke took his toys out of the cot and he’s taken off. He’s left the party. He didn’t thank the party when he made his farewell speech. He didn’t thank his staff. He’s taken off now. He’s left the existing government, his government allegedly, without the numbers in the House. | “This bloke took his toys out of the cot and he’s taken off. He’s left the party. He didn’t thank the party when he made his farewell speech. He didn’t thank his staff. He’s taken off now. He’s left the existing government, his government allegedly, without the numbers in the House. |
| “They’re minus a person. He’s not going to stand and fight for the Liberal party in the seat of Wentworth. His son is telling everyone to vote for the Labor party. If this is the bloke who is the emblem of the Liberal party, the Liberal party’s in trouble.” | “They’re minus a person. He’s not going to stand and fight for the Liberal party in the seat of Wentworth. His son is telling everyone to vote for the Labor party. If this is the bloke who is the emblem of the Liberal party, the Liberal party’s in trouble.” |
| The special envoy roles for drought and Indigenous Australia created for Barnaby Joyce and Tony Abbott were widely condemned as a political fix. | The special envoy roles for drought and Indigenous Australia created for Barnaby Joyce and Tony Abbott were widely condemned as a political fix. |
| The panel was in near-universal agreement that the two men were given the roles, not because they were best qualified for the positions, but out of a desire to placate their ambitions. | The panel was in near-universal agreement that the two men were given the roles, not because they were best qualified for the positions, but out of a desire to placate their ambitions. |
| But Steve Ciobo, minister for defence industry Steve Ciobo, was also on the panel and he said Abbott and Joyce had “great skill sets”. He said suggestions that they were given the jobs because the roles would take them out of Canberra often was “ridiculous”. | But Steve Ciobo, minister for defence industry Steve Ciobo, was also on the panel and he said Abbott and Joyce had “great skill sets”. He said suggestions that they were given the jobs because the roles would take them out of Canberra often was “ridiculous”. |
| Albanese said the roles of envoy would not work. | Albanese said the roles of envoy would not work. |
| “This will end in tears.” | “This will end in tears.” |
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