“Chris Mitchell, recalls meeting with Abbott just ahead of Christmas 2014 wherein he argued that replacing Hockey with Turnbull would improve the government’s messaging and abate Turnbull’s ambitions. Abbott retorted that all it would do would be to give Turnbull another stepping stone towards the Lodge.”

“Chris Mitchell, recalls meeting with Abbott just ahead of Christmas 2014 wherein he argued that replacing Hockey with Turnbull would improve the government’s messaging and abate Turnbull’s ambitions. Abbott retorted that all it would do would be to give Turnbull another stepping stone towards the Lodge.”

— Peter van Onselen