http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-24/malcolm-turnbull-liberal-party-fear-comes-to-pass/10160764?section=politics
Bit more background as to what that was really about.
In reality it’s the demise of the moderate, the extremes are weighing in and holding the mainstream hostage. Turnbull was never the out there right wing conservative but a little bit too pro business for the Labour party. Certainly the last of a generation in some ways.
Also as above it’s got a lot to do with 3 year terms as which mean by the time you get your feet under the desk your practically campaigning again so you can’t commit to longer term policies that need to be done. Anything you embark on will be taken apart by the opposition if they get in, the issue that kicked all this off was the environment he was ousted as leader of the opposition over climate and emissions trading,
The traditional left/right is blowing up as it becomes a coalition of people who really don’t like each other..
I admire his sense of decency to step down in the same was Julia Gillard did and the way Abbott never did, the pics of him in the back benches plotting and sniping were a constant undermining of his position.
I’d say for all of this Australian politics would be a lot better with Turnbull and Gillard back in there. There are some decent ones in there.