LOSER LEAVES TOWN BUT CANNOT LET GO
There’s much to see and do when holidaying in New York. Failed former political hobbyist Malcolm Turnbull, however, is spending his time there on Twitter attempting to get even with Peter Dutton.
There’s much to see and do when holidaying in New York. Failed former political hobbyist Malcolm Turnbull, however, is spending his time there on Twitter attempting to get even with Peter Dutton.
Besides being living proof that money cannot buy happiness, Turnbull is one hell of a passive-aggressive basketcase:
The point I have made to @ScottMorrisonMP and other colleagues is that given the uncertainty around Peter Dutton’s eligibility, acknowledged by the Solicitor General, he should be referred to the High Court, as Barnaby was, to clarify the matter.
— Malcolm Turnbull (@TurnbullMalcolm) September 12, 2018
Naturally, his former deputy again shows her celebrated Turnbull-specific loyalty:
Julie Bishop hasn’t ruled out crossing the floor to back a Labor bid to refer Peter Dutton to the High Court over his eligibility to sit in Parliament.
It comes after Malcolm Turnbull fired off a tweet from New York overnight confirming reports he had been lobbying Liberal MPs to refer the Home Affairs Minister to the High Court, arguing his eligibility to sit in Parliament should be tested just like Barnaby Joyce’s citizenship case.
Remember Turnbull’s Joyce prediction? Good times:
Here's prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on 14 August telling #qt Barnaby Joyce "is qualified to sit in this House & High Court will so hold†pic.twitter.com/G2pHXC90Ub
— Alice Workman (@workmanalice) October 27, 2017
Asked this morning whether she agreed with Mr Turnbull, Ms Bishop said: “That’s a matter for the Prime Minister or indeed the leader of the Opposition to determine. If there is a vote on the matter, well I’ll make my mind up at that time.”
In response, Dutton points out that Turnbull never questioned his eligibility to sit in Parliament prior to the collapse of Turnbull’s leadership:
“The Labor Party raised this in October of last year in Senate estimates and then never mentioned it again,” Mr Dutton said.
“My wife’s business interests are well known. I’ve never taken a dollar out of that enterprise, that’s the reality.
“The former Prime Minister knew all of that detail. He never raised once with me the issue around section 44, his staff never raised it with my office, he never ask for the legal advice I had that showed I had no problem at all …
“Mr Turnbull, when the Labor Party sought to refer the matter to the High Court, voted for it not to be referred.”
Things are different now that Turnbull and Bishop are on Labor’s team. Further on this from Andrew Bolt.