Turnbull and Abbott going at it on the radio in different interviews:
Mr Abbott suggested Mr Turnbull had transformed into such a centre-right leader since the election.
“It’s quite interesting…that if you actually listen to the prime minister, there’s been a lot less talk about innovation and agility and the new economy, a lot more talk about national security and border security.
“A lot more talk about cost of living and the need to reject Labor’s 50 per cent renewable energy target, which will result in a $50 billion overbuild of surplus power capacity and everyone will be paying that through their power bills,” Mr Abbott said.
But Mr Turnbull pushed back arguing that while the large number of voters who did not vote for the major parties in Australia was an important issue that had to be addressed, a key issue was is providing a sense of security and “steady, cabinet government”.
He said that on of the big issues in Australia’s federal election this year was health, characterised by Labor’s mediscare campaign.
“The question for my party is why were people able to be frightened,” he said.
This stemmed from the 2014 budget and the Medicare co-payment proposal which “had come as a shock”.
Doing nothing will not repair trust, Malcolm. The peeps want action on the stuff that matters:
- housing affordability;
- standards of living;
- an economy that they can believe in with Budget repair and reform in the national interest.
We’ve gone from doing the wrong things to wrongly doing nothing. Neither will win the next election.
