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I know fair bit about Australian political history, although not in recent years.
Anyway I read something recently about the 1981 federal by-election for the seat of Wentworth in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.
Malcolm Turnbull the current Prime Minister ran for Liberal preselection, however lost to Peter Coleman. The POD is that Malcolm Turnbull wins preselection to the seat in 1981 and becomes the member for Wentworth. In OTL he did not enter the parliament for the electorate of Wentworth until 2004.
How would his political career go? especially after the Coalition enter opposition in 1983. In this TL John Hewson Liberal Leader for 1990-1994 might not be in parliament.
Perhaps Malcolm Turnbull would end up being federal Liberal leader in 1990, even if John Hewson was in parliament. I reckon Malcolm Turnbull would win a leadership contest against Peter Reith and possibly John Hewson.
In the event of him becoming Liberal leader in 1990, Turnbull would have likely done a better campaign than John Hewson did in the OTL 1993 federal election and would have very likely been elected Prime Minister in that election. In OTL John Hewson focusing the whole campaign on Fightback!* allowed the Keating government win the 1993 election, a different Liberal campaign which would very likely result in a Coalition victory in 1993.
Somebody in the press gallery dubbed Fightback! as the ''longest political suicide note in history''. Although I have little doubt a Turnbull government in 1993 onwards would have implemented policies broadly along the lines of what Fightback! proposed. Although it can be argued that Fightback! initially did gave the Coalition a boost and Hawke's inability to dismantle either on a policy or political, did lead to him being deposed as Labor leader in December 1991 by Paul Keating. I don't know how a Turnbull Liberal leadership would affect the leadership tensions between Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.
Anyway I read something recently about the 1981 federal by-election for the seat of Wentworth in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs.
Malcolm Turnbull the current Prime Minister ran for Liberal preselection, however lost to Peter Coleman. The POD is that Malcolm Turnbull wins preselection to the seat in 1981 and becomes the member for Wentworth. In OTL he did not enter the parliament for the electorate of Wentworth until 2004.
How would his political career go? especially after the Coalition enter opposition in 1983. In this TL John Hewson Liberal Leader for 1990-1994 might not be in parliament.
Perhaps Malcolm Turnbull would end up being federal Liberal leader in 1990, even if John Hewson was in parliament. I reckon Malcolm Turnbull would win a leadership contest against Peter Reith and possibly John Hewson.
In the event of him becoming Liberal leader in 1990, Turnbull would have likely done a better campaign than John Hewson did in the OTL 1993 federal election and would have very likely been elected Prime Minister in that election. In OTL John Hewson focusing the whole campaign on Fightback!* allowed the Keating government win the 1993 election, a different Liberal campaign which would very likely result in a Coalition victory in 1993.
Somebody in the press gallery dubbed Fightback! as the ''longest political suicide note in history''. Although I have little doubt a Turnbull government in 1993 onwards would have implemented policies broadly along the lines of what Fightback! proposed. Although it can be argued that Fightback! initially did gave the Coalition a boost and Hawke's inability to dismantle either on a policy or political, did lead to him being deposed as Labor leader in December 1991 by Paul Keating. I don't know how a Turnbull Liberal leadership would affect the leadership tensions between Bob Hawke and Paul Keating.