From The Australian:
…“I think sadly the realisation has dawned on most politicians that where the leadership of the party is now terminal. It needs to be resolved as quickly as possible so that the party can move on,” Mr Kennett told ABC Radio.
“Now I say that sadly. I feel very sorry for Tony. He’s a man of very good values. But most of where we are at the moment as a government is self-inflicted. We are 12 weeks away from the 2015 budget and we haven’t passed the 2014 budget.
…“What worries me more right now for Australia is that the Mike Baird government in NSW…”
Firing squad taking sightings. Meanwhile, Paul Kelly, who backed Abbott into the Lodge, despairs:
THE Abbott government is being destroyed before our eyes. The Liberal Party’s frustrations and divisions have cracked wide open. It has taken only 17 months for a sizeable section of the party to announce that Tony Abbott has failed as PM and needs to be liquidated.
…It is now problematic whether the Coalition government, elected with a strong majority in 2013, will survive beyond one term. This is a government being destroyed from within. The issue of whether it will deserve to survive beyond a single term is now on the table.
Ain’t karma a biatch, Paul?
