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Turnbull and the Liberals put Macfarlane and the Nationals in their place

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageIan Macfarlane's lunge at a comeback has gone dreadfully wrong. Dan Peled/AAP

Friendship is the bronze coin of politics rated, in a crunch, well below the silver and gold currency of self-interest, whether personal or party.

Malcolm Turnbull dropped his long-term friend Ian Macfarlane from cabinet to the backbench not for reasons of performance but...

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