Another dose of leadership speculation

Abbott is the goose laying Shorten’s golden egg - Miranda Devine in the Telegraph
LAST week Tony Abbott’s insurgency against Malcolm Turnbull finally came out of the shadows. No more mealy-mouthed pretence that the former PM is just being the best possible “Member for Warringah”. No, Abbott is doing what he does best, as the opposition leader tearing down a Prime Minister.
Paul Bongiorno in The Saturday Paper:
His colleagues have no doubts Abbott wants to be drafted back into his old job but only if Turnbull, who Joyce says is smart enough to see when he’s finished, steps aside.
The chances of Turnbull following that script would be remote in the extreme. But there is enough panic and despondency in the government party room to encourage a “tap on the shoulder” closer to the election. Another political assassination would be the final proof for voters that the Liberals – like Labor before them – need a period back in opposition to sort out their differences.


Faultlines in Monash Forum as senator fears hidden agenda - The Australian
A split has emerged within the pro-coal Monash Forum as Nationals senator Barry O’Sullivan described Tony Abbott’s call for the government to forcibly acquire the Liddell coal-fired power station as “socialism”.
The Queensland senator, who has verbally agreed to join the ginger group, told The Australian it would be a “slippery slope” for the government to step in and force AGL into a sale against its will.
He also threatened to leave the group if he saw evidence it was being used as a vehicle to undermine Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership.

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