Ministers, MPs and senators say the ramshackle same-sex marriage debate and slow dispatch of former speaker Bronwyn Bishop have rekindled doubts about Tony Abbott’s judgement and leadership.
The Coalition’s marathon same-sex marriage debate ended in a short-term fix which has reignited internal doubts about the Prime Minister’s judgement and leadership.
Two thirds of the joint party room supported traditional marriage and binding MPs and Senators to the status quo.
But the Prime Minister said in a late-night press conference this was the last term in which his party could be bound, although the policy it would take to the next election was yet to be settled.
“Our position going into the next election should be that in a subsequent term of Parliament this is a matter that should rightly be put to the Australian people,” Mr Abbott said.
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