Barrie Cassidy says Bishop will today call a news conference to announce she will quit as Minister for Foreign Affairs, go to the backbench and leave politics altogether at the next election.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has conceded Australians are "disgusted" by the leadership turmoil in Canberra, as leaked messages from a WhatsApp group reveal how damaging and personal the battle within the party became.
Mr Morrison is using his first weekend in the top job preparing for a trip to drought-stricken communities in western Queensland.
He argues that should be the focus of the Government, after a battered and bruising week for the Liberal Party.
"There was a lot of change this week. I know people would've been pretty - miffed by it would've been an understatement," he told the ABC's Australia All Over program.
"I think a lot of people would've been absolutely disgusted by it.
"But we're a great country, people are going to get back to where they have to have their heads, and where they should have their heads, and that's where I'm going to get their heads."
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26 окт 2024
