Malcolm Turnbull - So long!

[SilentHunter_]

Peter Dutton enters Turnbull's office
Gareth Hutchens has just watched Peter Dutton walk into Malcolm Turnbull’s office, paper in hand.

Julie Bishop has walked in too.

Looks like this is it.

From the Guardian.

 

[Rotayjay]

It's on. Australia soon to have a new Prime Minister.

 

[RupieDupie]

Dutton walked into paper with office... it's on?

 

[its free real estate]

Yes I thought it was pretty grey a family trust structure was not necessarily going to save him. Surprised no one in shortens mob picked this up earlier.

Probably not a can of worms they wanted to open, but the whole thing has gone nuclear now.

 

[Bont2Bruce]

Shouty McShoutface now $1.90
Mr. Potatohead out to $2.20
Blue Asbestos trailing at $10.00

Shouty McShoutface = Mr Happy Clappy?

 

[BLA60]

Again simple question what liberal value and policies did he abandon? Hat left wing ones did he adopt?

the intervention in the power market to lower prices by Government power is a left wing thing, is that teh one? the Liberal government should do nothing to lower power prices?

There hasn't been a mention of policies. Don't go changing the goal posts.

He has not provided strong leadership. He has buckled and wavered to suit what makes him look the best. Not what is best.

 

[compact72]

Ok so it's now official. Turnbull retires from parliament

 

[QuietB]

Marriage equality? He is big on climate change too.

Marriage equality was a survey - Turnbull did not implement it
Turnbull has not implemented one substantial climate change policy. Abbot was the last liberal to implement a significant climate change policy by signing the Paris Agreement so I guess Abbott is a lefty then

 

[Kurve]

The narrative on ABC is that Duttons team don't want to hand over the petition because they think ScoMo has the numbers. The narrative on BF is that Turnbull is stalling.

The situation is fluid.

 

[QuietB]

The intervention in the electricity market.

What intervention?

 

[RupieDupie]

He's a not incapable potato

 

[compact72]

Turnbull, start packing up your office and GTFO

 

[Saint Shags]

Marriage equality? He is big on climate change too.

The marriage equality that they went to the election with? The idea that Abbott came up with?
Climate change never got off the ground. The whole NEG was in regards to the Paris agreement that Australia signed whilst Abbott was PM.

 

[SilentHunter_]

I honestly can't believe that the RWers still consider climate change a LW conspiracy. That issue alone should be enough to turn sane people off voting for these idiots.

 

[Rotayjay]

What intervention?

Turnbull's short-lived proposal, announced a few days ago, to set a default electricity price.

 

[Hyakutake]

Setting a default electricity price is the best policy the Turnbull government ever proposed. Shame it was a thought bubble which is now being lost among the foaming whirlpool.

And also lost is the implicit logic from that which is the most important of all if anyone stops to think.

It's a tacit admission that privatisation of natural monopolies doesnt work and loses you both policy flexibility and any vague control of rentseeking by the new owners, both of which lead to escalating cost and inefficiency rather than the reverse.

The neoliberal economic model has failed and this is exhibit A.

 

[pugsville]

There hasn't been a mention of policies. Don't go changing the goal posts.

He has not provided strong leadership. He has buckled and wavered to suit what makes him look the best. Not what is best.

So you made some claims and unable to sustain them.

It's not moving the goalposts but holding you to your own words.

 

[Rotayjay]

*Horse race trumpet fanfare*

 

[compact72]

Petition delivered to PM's office – party room meeting to go ahead


The much-hyped petition, signed by a majority of Liberal MPs and calling for a party room meeting to resolve the crisis, is right now being delivered to Malcolm Turnbull's office by challenger Peter Dutton.

The PM demanded this document, bearing 43 signatures, before calling a meeting for 12pm today.

After some farcical scenes and a lot of confusion over the last little while, this demand has now been met. The meeting will be on and the leadership contest will be resolved in the coming hours.

 

[drd23]

 

[Badesumofu]

Turnbull insisting that each and every signature be verified! JEZZUZ!

 

[Admiral Byng]

And also lost is the implicit logic from that which is the most important of all if anyone stops to think.

It's a tacit admission that privatisation of natural monopolies doesnt work and loses you both policy flexibility and any vague control of rentseeking by the new owners, both of which lead to escalating cost and inefficiency rather than the reverse.

The neoliberal economic model has failed and this is exhibit A.

Soon you wont be allowed to say that out loud...

 

[SilentHunter_]

Turnbull ffs smell the coffee mate.

 

[Taylor]

And also lost is the implicit logic from that which is the most important of all if anyone stops to think.

It's a tacit admission that privatisation of natural monopolies doesnt work and loses you both policy flexibility and any vague control of rentseeking by the new owners, both of which lead to escalating cost and inefficiency rather than the reverse.

The neoliberal economic model has failed and this is exhibit A.

It's the hurdle to competition in services that is the problem. If I had hundreds of billions of dollars and wanted to build a free nuclear power plant for every state, I think they'd let me. It would end this silly wholesale cost argument where they sell to themselves and pass on the cost to the customer but point the finger back at their wholesaler as the increase, which was them.

 

[Number37]

Malcolm has done a fantastic job of ripping the LNP a new one.