Published: August 22, 2018
Liberal party dissenters circulate petition calling for party room meeting on Thursday to decide leadership
The Dutton camp has launched a late-night push against Malcolm Turnbull, circulating a petition among MPs designed to trigger a second, and they hope decisive, leadership spill on Thursday.
Ahead of the second strike, Tony Abbott took to the airwaves to claim he had not done a deal with Peter Dutton to return to the cabinet in the event the challenger unseated Turnbull this week – a public message for wavering MPs who fear the rise of Dutton means the return of the politically unpopular former prime minister to centre stage.
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