Published: August 20, 2018
Tuesday’s meeting is expected to be dominated by the PM’s attempts to head off a full-blown leadership crisis
Malcolm Turnbull will face the verdict of his colleagues in a tense party room meeting on Tuesday, after effectively abandoning the government’s signature energy policy in what could be a fruitless attempt to stay ahead of a full blown leadership crisis.
The prime minister announced on Monday the national energy guarantee – the policy the government has argued for months is necessary to create investment certainty in Australia’s energy sector – had been shelved indefinitely because he could not proceed with it in the face of opposition from within his own party.
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