It is no coincidence Coalition backbenchers have unveiled a pro-coal 'ginger' group, the Monash Forum, just as Malcolm Turnbull braces for the embarrassment of a landmark poll loss.
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| Tony Abbott and Malcolm Turnbull are at odds over energy policy. |
Nor it is coincidence that it comes just as his government eyes the first realistic prospect of a breakthrough in the decade-old climate wars, with Commonwealth and state energy ministers due to meet in April to consider the National Energy Guarantee.
Nor even that they've appropriated Australia's greatest soldier, Sir John Monash, just as the Prime Minister heads for the Western Front later this month.
The symbol for reaching a 30th wedding anniversary is the gleaming white pearl. Turnbull's present for notching up that same number in Newspoll losses - the very milestone he cited as proof that Tony Abbott's standing was irreversible - is an altogether dirtier object.
Hardliners are now presenting the Prime Minister with the same lump of coal they flaunted in Parliament last year.
Read Mark Kenny’s story from The Age - “A bitter group of troops send the PM a message: you're no John Monash.”
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