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Liberals set new policy to end 'coup culture'

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Australian PM Scott Morrison arrives for the Liberal Party room meeting at Parliament. Source: AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

The Liberal party has agreed to a new leadership policy which aims to put an end to what many see as Canberra's 'coup culture'. Under the new rule, Liberal Prime Ministers can't be subjected to a leadership spill in their first term unless two-thirds of the party room back the change. Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's public intervention in Liberal Party politics over whether the party should protect MP Craig Kelly from a preselection battle has left the Morrison Government again trying to patch up dissension within the ranks.


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The Liberal party has agreed to a new leadership policy which aims to put an end to what many see as Canberra's 'coup culture'. Under the new rule, Liberal Prime Ministers can't be subjected to a leadership spill in their first term unless two-thirds of the party room back the change. Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull's public intervention in Liberal Party politics over whether the party should protect MP Craig Kelly from a preselection battle has left the Morrison Government again trying to patch up dissension within the ranks.



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