Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison: Paul Kelly on the Liberals’ identity crisis
Podcast: Full StoryPublished On: Sat Jul 18 2026
Description: Guardian Australia political editor Tom McIlroy talks to Paul Kelly about his new book on the turbulent era of the Liberal party under prime ministers Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison. In The Twilight of Exceptionalism, Kelly writes about how the Liberal leadership changed hands from a conservative to a progressive and then a transactional centrist. The Australian newpaper’s editor-at-large argues that this period demonstrated the party was fractured over its values and confused about its identity in a changing world
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