holding the Coalition together while presenting as an alternative government
- Written by Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University

When the Liberal Party’s most senior right-wing figure, Peter Dutton, forced a leadership spill in 2018, ending Malcolm Turnbull’s premiership, even some moderates in the party room preferred him over the hyper-ambitious Scott Morrison. Yet it was to the latter they reluctantly turned, judging him...
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