It was Tony Jones' big night, but even the departing host knew where the real action was going to be on Q&A: poking Malcolm Turnbull until he carried on like … well, Malcolm Turnbull when he’s been poked. qanda
Many of those questions have been aimed at Turnbull, who has a top 10 ranking in terms of Most Frequent Guests and a No. 1 ranking in terms of the number of different hats worn during those appearances - Opposition leader, backbencher, prime minister and now private citizen. He is back to his old day job - making squillions.
He was just warming up as Tony Jones delivered the first overt poke: what about those 23 emergency service leaders who tried and failed to meet with PM Morrison?Labor leader Anthony Albanese was indeed on hand for such a task, but he couldn’t hold a candle to Malcolm in the Roast ScoMo stakes. Via video, Bruce Munro asked: “In this trial by fire, how can Morrison and a largely silent Sussan Ley not be treated as deniers, guilty of collaborating and co-creating this fire disaster we find ourselves in as Liberal-Nationals work actively to obscure urgent action? Is it from being in the pocket of the coal lobby? There really is soot on all their hands.”
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