Turnbull is very arrogant and won't listen to advice. I refuse to vote for any of the party choices as they are all owned by large corporate interests.

Important News. HSBC has just lost 38% of it's value in the Chinese crash. They are a big shareholder in all our banks. Reports of people unable to access their money. http://peoplestrustmalaysia.wordpress.com/2015/09/06/western-banks-in-turmoil-as-british-banking-giant-hsbc-nears-total-collapse/

The big money printing ie QE will now begin. Now Turnbull being an ex Banker will be kind to us,won't he ?

Author, "Every time I have tested Turnbull as leader against Abbott in one of our polls he has been preferred leader, but by Labor and Greens voters, not Liberal voters"

Spot on.

Turnbull supporters in polls would not vote LNP anyhow.

The LNP had an effective leader who had put in the hard yards both in winning office and in realising difficult promises. He deserved the support of his team.

The problem for the Labor Opposition is that Turnbull is as egocentric, slippery and populist as Shorten, which will likely provoke the career politicians on that side of the chamber to engage in more obvious disloyalty towards him (Shorten).

There is plenty of leaking by the ex-Gillard government Grrls past and present against the Opposition leader but to date the tabloids have had an investment in trashing Abbott. That target has gone, particularly because Abbott would be too principled to do a 'Rudd' to Turnbull. Expect Emily's List commentators to be back on their gender polling theme.

I think Malcolm Turnbull has been missing many Liberal votes because of his desire for Australia to become a Republic.

Even I ask, what will a Republic produce financially in comparison to what would it cost to establish a Republic?

At the same time i think leadership by MT indicates light at the end of the tunnel, especially if he can leave the Republic issue alone during these difficult times.

JF Aus,

I don't have any investment in either side, but I sure hope that Turnbull will continue with policies that are already in place and working but need to be given time.

The Shorten-led Opposition is devoid of policies, let alone policies that matter where the major challenges of government are concerned.

I do not imagine that the tabloid media and with entertainment programs such as Q&A posing as news reporting the ABC has fought hard to be included in that (tabloid) category, will be kind to Turnbull. 'Got Ya' reporting is cheap entertainment, no skills are required and the peanut gallery forget the loss of local news stories.

Congratulations to Mr Turnbull, a man of poseur and middle of the road character. He is a true Liberal.

The world will join in congratulating Mr Turnbull taking back what was taken from him. Some will not be happy, as they have put all of their collective eggs in the same time bomb. It was obvious AU could not go on like it has been for 2 years.

Lets get back to realistic govt; and move this nation forward with renewed vigor with certainty. The Abbott style has failed miserably, that is not Australia, we need govt;s that tell us what is best for our future, being decided by a collective govt;.

Commiserations to Abbott’s unwavering supporters, which only served as a stumbling block for change. Unable to see the hidden dangers in a leader who wanted all for himself. After effects were not a concern to him.

This day will go down in history as a change that saved a nation from certain catastrophic changes that were about as lopsided as you can ever imagine, all in the name of Conservatism.
Congratulations Mr Turnbull.

There's no such thing as a "Liberal grass roots", it's a few thousand elderly members, a handful Young Liberal groups who seem to do little but meddle in local politics and a smattering of lunatics and religious fanatics. Turnbull's actual constituents are the Sydney elite, the so called silvertails and the bouregeois classes, he has no appeal outside that narrow segment of society.
Mind you neither did Abbott while Shorten is despised by the working classes and mention the name Richard Di Natali on a work site and you'll get nothing but blank stares.
Baranaby Joyce and Rupert Murdoch are right, Australian politics at present resembles a failed South Pacific state and as Murdoch noted the country is basically ungovernable in it's present state.