Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says Scott Morrison likely played a double game during the Liberal Party leadership turmoil that saw Turnbull ousted.
In the middle of 2018, Mr Turnbull's position as prime minister was under increasing pressure from the hard-right faction in the Liberal Party and Mr Dutton emerged as the leading candidate for the anti-Turnbull camp.
He won the party room ballot, but Mr Dutton received 35 votes — more than anyone had expected. Mr Turnbull's leadership was mortally wounded. During this time, Mr Turnbull had a meeting with the Liberal's Senate Leader and Finance Minister, Mathias Cormann."He said, 'you have to give in to the terrorists'. His words," Mr Turnbull said."The way they operate is to basically bully and intimidate people," Mr Turnbull said."Now, they don't use guns and bombs, I hasten to add.
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