Turnbull pretends to run country: Shorten

Bill Shorten says Malcolm Turnbull is pretending to run the country because his backbenchers have just as much power.

Malcolm Turnbull is pretending to run the country when his backbenchers have the same amount of power he does, Bill Shorten says.

The Labor leader told his caucus the prime minister was in trouble in his own party.

"This morning the other fella looked into the abyss and the abyss looked straight back at him," Mr Shorten told his MPs on Tuesday.

"I don't know how he can pretend he's running the country when every backbencher has as much power as he does."


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