Phillip Coorey
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It's really an administrative role.
You sort of sort out the branches and
You know, say when you have an election and you commission someone to do a review into what went wrong, they sort of do those sorts of things.
They sort out problems behind the scenes and, you know, clean up sort of crooked branches and these sorts of things.
I think in this case the Liberal Party is in such a terrible position and it's important to note that Angus Taylor, the leader, the actual leader of the Parliamentary Party, wanted Abbott.
They're sort of ideologically and philosophically aligned.
And the biggest threat they face now is the One Nation threat.
So, you know, they have to make a choice.
They're stuck in the middle.
They've been pulled to death from the left and now they're getting pulled to death from the right.
It's impossible to go after both at the same time.
And I think they've made a decision by bringing in Abbott that he is a foil to One Nation or the most effective foil to One Nation they have.
And so that's really why he's there to take a more prominent role and sort of push back a bit at
at the appeal of One Nation and as he did on Monday this week, sort of make the case that all the reasons you're going, the Liberal voters are deserting One Nation, well, the Liberal Party used to do that stuff, but they did it better, whether it's immigration or lower taxes or stuff like that.
So that's really the method behind or the thinking behind this position.
100%, but I think they're in this position where they don't have much to lose.
Taylor, we'll be honest, just struggles to cut through, right?
I mean, he took over the leadership from Susan Lee on February 14.
It's, by my memory, Chris, I've been here a long time.
It's the first time there's been a leadership change and no leadership