Alex Turnbull would fund moderate independents to fight Abbott and Joyce

The financier and son of deposed PM says he wants action on climate change and would back ‘small-L liberals’ not brutalised by the party machine

Alex Turnbull has committed to fund independent, locally based “small-L liberal” candidates who advocate action on climate change and can play a constructive role in the parliament.

Turnbull, a Singapore-based fund manager and son of former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, said he would support “reasonable” independents to run against a number of senior government MPs at the 2019 election.

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