Factions have clashed following Jim Molan’s death, with some saying infighting is ‘disrespectful’
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“He’s not going to be leader again but boy, what a powerhouse of knowledge and experience in putting someone like Abbott to mentor some of the newer people in the parliament,” Kroger reportedly said. “I don’t think you could find anyone better.” “As Molan warns, wishful thinking about American invincibility is now as fanciful as assumptions about China’s likely evolution into a peaceful democracy,” Abbott wrote.
The prospect of Abbott’s return to the Senate alarmed Liberals keen to rejuvenate the party. One said it is “not what the party needs, not what Peter Dutton needs and it’s a bad idea – not just for the party but for him [Abbott] too”.
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