Lawmaker Luke Simpkins said Friday in an email to colleagues that he will enter a motion at a ruling Liberal Party meeting calling for Abbott to declare that his job and that of his deputy Julie Bishop are open to a ballot of 102 government lawmakers.
Unpopular bills to make the sick pay for medical services that are currently free, and to allow universities to raise their tuition fees to compensate for dwindling federal funding, have been blocked in the Senate.
The Cabinet minister tipped as most likely to replace Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull, was ousted as Liberal Party leader by Abbott in …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
