Hastie and Turnbull – what you don't know, you can't stop
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
There’s one logical reason why ambitious young Liberal backbencher Andrew Hastie didn’t tell Malcolm Turnbull he was about to drop a bombshell, with a parliamentary speech accusing a Chinese-Australian figure of involvement in the bribery of a United Nations official.
If he had forewarned Turnbull, Hastie – who is head of the...