The odds on Abbott

JUST how long will our current PM remain in The Lodge? According to the odds being offered by Centrebet, he should be safe and secure at least until the next election, but that is a long time in politics.

At the Catallaxy blog, Sinclair Davidson is keeping a weather eye on a certain Minister for Communications:

“Is it too early to start speculating about a leadership change? Probably yes. But watch Malcolm Turnbull – if he throws a bone to the right in the next few weeks its on.”

A bone? Like summoning his courage to administer a stiff and long-overdue dose of salts to the ABC, for example?

If the current speculation about Abbott’s political longevity is premature, the notion that Turnbull might turn on his mates at the national broadcaster is remote to the point of absurdity.

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