Turnbull reign the only chance
Sep 19th, 2008 | By David Harper | Category: OpinionDennis Shanahan: The Liberal Party has decided on two things this week: Kevin Rudd can be beaten at the next election and it intends to back Malcolm Turnbull to do it. Just because the Liberals think something doesn’t mean it is going to happen, and arguably it’s evidence of the opposite, but for the Coalition those decisions are the basis on which its future is built.
From the first minutes of the Turnbull reign there has been a discipline within Liberal ranks not seen for years and certainly not enjoyed by Brendan Nelson, who faced undermining from day one.