Malcolm Turnbull

Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has refused to comment on reports that his leadership is under threat over climate change negotiations, saying his main focus is Australian jobs. Mr Turnbull is preparing to sack frontbenchers who do not...

In this article: Tony Abbott, Climate change, Nick Minchin, Penny Wong, and Fairfax

MALCOLM TURNBULL will enforce a rule to sack from the frontbench anyone who dissents from party policy as he hits back at a renewed assault on his leadership caused by the emissions trading scheme. Should he survive the week, his...

In this article: Tony Abbott, Liberal Party, Nick Minchin, Climate change, and Kevin Andrews

OPPOSITION Leader Malcolm Turnbull has taken aim at Liberal frontbencher Tony Abbott's flip-flopping on emissions trading, as the row sparked fresh leadership speculation. ''Tony has expressed a number of views, each of which is at odds...

In this article: Tony Abbott, Nick Minchin, Carbon, Liberal Party, Daily Telegraph, and Joe Hockey

...Liberal Party to back a climate change deal with the government, as the issue reignites speculation over the leadership of Malcolm Turnbull. But the Liberal leader believes that he can win party support for an emissions trading deal if the...

In this article: Nick Minchin, Tony Abbott, Coal, Climate change, and Carbon

November 20, 2009 - 2:14PM Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull refuses to be drawn on a new wave of leadership speculation sparked by talk that senior Liberal Tony Abbott is after his job. Former Liberal minister Bruce Baird has publicly...

In this article: Climate change

...Liberal Party appears even more divided on emissions trading, with key frontbencher Tony Abbott abandoning Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull's push to try to amend Labor's scheme. In July, Mr Abbott said the coalition needed to accept...

In this article: Tony Abbott, Nick Minchin, and Liberal Party

MORE than half the Coalition's 37 senators have formally declared their opposition to Malcolm Turnbull's desire to cut a deal with Labor on the emissions trading scheme, setting up a showdown next week that many fear could tear the...

In this article: Nick Minchin, Kevin Rudd, Climate change, Ian Macfarlane, Savaging, Global warming, Carbon dioxide, and Copenhagen

NICK Minchin, the Liberals' Senate leader, is playing a very edgy political game as he tries - in a direct challenge to Malcolm Turnbull - to get the Opposition to vote down the emissions trading scheme. It's high risk for Turnbull,...

In this article: Brendan Nelson, Global warming, Tony Abbott, Climate change, Coalition, and Liberal Party

EMBOLDENED Coalition rebels have signalled to Malcolm Turnbull he should remain as leader and run the campaign against Kevin Rudd's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme through to next year's election if the shadow cabinet or backbenchers...

In this article: Tony Abbott, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Nick Minchin, and Western Australia

SUPPORTERS of the Opposition Leader, Malcolm Turnbull, have broken a long public silence to begin advocating a deal with Labor on an emissions trading scheme, taking on their colleagues who have dominated the debate for months. As they...

In this article: Simon Birmingham, Climate change, Sue Boyce, Liberal Party, Ian Macfarlane, Guy Barnett, and Copenhagen