Turnbull beats Abbott with promise of party reform but what can he deliver?
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Malcolm Turnbull and Mike Baird triumphed over Tony Abbott at the NSW Liberals’ weekend meeting but it remains to be seen whether their initiative for broad reform will lead to meaningful democratisation of the faction-ridden NSW party after a proposed convention next year.
The NSW division has an entrenched bad culture, among both right and...