Tony Abbott says there is no reason why he couldn’t work well inside the Turnbull cabinet, because John Howard and Peter Costello worked well as a team, despite not being great friends. “You don’t have to idolise someone to be able to work with them,” he said. “This is exactly what John Howard did after the 1998 election when One Nation got a very strong vote,” he said. He said it was a good thing the government had stopped using language like “innovation” and “agility” in its daily messaging – words favoured by Malcolm Turnbull – because it did not inspire voters. Australia is paying for Malcolm Fraser's immigration mistakes, says Peter Dutton Read more“Could Peter have expressed himself a little differently?

Source: The Guardian November 27, 2016 02:52 UTC