I could say I agree with most of this, given I do. Or I could say you're overstating te bleedingly obvious, cause you are?

Now is not the time for Shorten and labor to rock the boat but never ever a more appropriate time to seek bipartisan quid pro quo accommodation with the libs! If only to look like an alternative government and alternative statesman like P.M., with the national interest, certainty and stability foremost in the mind!

And then just let the polls speak for themselves!
Alan B.

"but no one can dispute that he is entitled to form a government"

I do.

Just because someone has a majority within a given body of people does not entitle them to rule over others who never voluntarily elected to belong to that body.

In this particular case however, Turnbull does not even have a majority within that body of people. While numbers are still coming in, his party has to date only received 42.1% of the valid votes (40.0% of all votes, representing 23.0% of Australia's population), so the only thing which allows him to believe that he may claim government is Australia's skewed electoral system.

With any luck, Allbull will be gone in three months. Can't see him lasting three years, but if he does, the Coalition is finished. Voters will not tolerate two socialist parties infesting the country, and that is what Allbull has brought upon us.

I reckon Abbott the Wrecker, in a Party Room spill, may well replace Turnbull with himself by February (2017). If not Abbott then a puppet of Abbott like Andrews.

This is noting Andrews floated to the press (for a few hours on a Friday I recall) that he might one day be a candidate. Twas a few months back.

Barnaby! He needs to change his first name and remove one of his two heads before he's a serious prospect.

Where Eviril says "This revolt will grow". Most of us punters are already revolting.

Poida

"I am ready to cheer Turnbull if he can radically change his inept political ways."

You are going to be waiting a long, long time for a stubborn, politically-correct Turnbull to change.

We had better all start hoping that Abbott is a better destroyer than he was PM. His mild incompetence as PM does tend to disappear when compared to Turnbull, Gillard & Krudd of course.

It is critical for Oz that we get rid of Turnbull as quickly as possible. It is already obvious that he has no idea of what he is doing, & we can't afford a full 3 years of chardonnay socialist waffle.

I wonder if it is too late to backtrack on that stupid sub decision. I don't think the fool actually bought a single vote with all that money of ours.