“While most on break, [the] only person talking up division in [the] Lib Party this past week is Tony Abbott. The new poll suggests support for the Coalition has hit its lowest level since Turnbull replaced Abbott as prime minister. Morrison declared that having being just elected as a Liberal for a six-year term last year, Bernardi should stay in the Liberal party. “At the last election he was elected as a Liberal senator by Liberal voters to support the Liberal party in this parliament and be part of our team,” he said. Government moderates have been executing a strategy over the past several months that is designed to ensure the Liberal party emerges with a free vote on same-sex marriage after the failure of the plebiscite.

Source: The Guardian February 06, 2017 08:48 UTC