Stop at Nothing: The Life and Adventures of Malcolm Turnbull: Quarterly Essay 34

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Malcolm Turnbull has quite a job ahead of him as leader of the Liberal Party. How is he going so far What can we expect in the years ahead This is a scintillating look at Turnbull and the Liberals in opposition. Annabel Crabb's essay is based on extensive interviews with and observation of Turnbull, who emerges as a fascinating, colourful, aggressive, humorous character. His task is no less than the renovation of the Australian Liberal tradition, post-Howard. His party is split on climate change. Plus the world's financial system is rocking on its access, and he is, according to Labor, the "member for Goldman Sachs". Walter Mondale once said that "political image is like mixing cement; when it's wet, you can move it around and shape it, but at some point it hardens and there is almost nothing you can do to reshape it." For Turnbull as leader, the cement is wet, but not for long.

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Annabel Crabb is the Sydney Morning Herald's political sketchwriter and appears regularly on ABC TV's Insiders. She is the author of Losing It- The Inside Story of the Labor Party in Opposition (2005).