Modern Australian

Turnbull beats Abbott over NEG, now Frydenberg has to win Victoria

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Malcolm Turnbull has secured a decisive party room victory over Tony Abbott, taking the government’s signature National Energy Guarantee policy another step towards implementation.

Tuesday’s Coalition party room, in a 155-minute debate, gave strong support to the plan. But sources variously said four or five MPs – Abbott, Andrew...