MALCOLM Turnbull, the MP predicted to challenge Tony Abbott, made a withering attack on Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in Question Time that had the PM smiling.
After the Prime Minister had continually rebuked Labor’s past actions in a spirited fightback a day after his leadership faced its biggest test yet from his own party room, it was Mr Turnbull’s attack on Mr Shorten that was the highlight.
“This is the man that persuaded Kevin Rudd not to go to a double dissolution. This is the man that led Kevin Rudd over the cliff into an abyss where he then stabbed him in the back,” Mr Turnbull said of Mr Shorten.
“You have no credibilty or integrity.”
Let me go in to bat … Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull speaks with Prime Minister Tony Abbott during House of Representatives question time at Parliament House. Picture: Stefan Postles / Getty Images Source: Getty Images
Mr Turnbull was seen widely as a contender for the Liberal leadership, however he never publicly showed his hand.
Mr Abbott stared down a spate of attacks from Labor in parliamentary question time and an impassioned Prime Minister hit back at multiple questions from Labor over his comments yesterday that “good government starts today”.
“What on earth has the Prime Minister been doing for the past 521 days,” Opposition Leader Bill Shorten questioned Mr Abbott to kick off the question time session.
“Will you tell the truth? Absolutely nothing has changed,” Mr Shorten asked in a separate question.
But a fiery Tony Abbott hit back, calling the former Labor government “the worst government in Australia’s history”.
source:news.com.au
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