Malcolm Turnbull clocked up his first 100 days as PM on 23rd December last, and like most of his predecessors he has enjoyed a happy honeymoon, complements of the Australian voters. With Christmas gone and 2016, an election year, about to blow in what can we expect from Malcolm the New Man?
On the first “working” day after the la la period, Turnbull got an unwanted late Chrissy gift, the embarrassing resignation of two of the good ol’ boys. First to go was Jamie Briggs, Minister for Cities, the Built Environment and Late Night Carousing at taxpayers’ expense. To top the day off, the man who can’t remember what he said, the bloke now sitting in Peter Slipper’s old seat, Mal Brough, who is under police investigation for his part in the ‘Slipper Affair’, yes the same Peter Slipper who used to sit in the seat now occupied by none other than Mal Brough, its one big happy family!
Not a good look Malcolm!
Turnbull needs to move quickly to reverse the unpopular policies of Abbott, and so far he has done a little of that. More importantly the Turnbull Government needs to be perceived as ‘fresh and clean’, and not some lifeboat for Abbott loyalists and cronies, whilst all the time moving in a new direction. That is what the Australian public expects

Well Paul, I said I would reserve my judgement of Turnbull until later
this year. So far he has been not as forthright as I had hoped.
He is to me not positive and not negative, just zero.
If he starts changing Tony Abbott's policies then that will be a negative.
Too many people such as yourself have unreasonable idea of what is to
be the financial future for the Australian government no matter who
wins the election. Of the three politicians in Canberra who understood
only one remains, Martin Ferguson and Joe Hockey are gone.
The third Barnaby Joyce has been muzzled.
However it looks like Senator Bill Heffernan is now awake and being
supported by the defense hierarchy in a related matter, ie Australia's
risky fuel position.

Our future economy is in a fragile risky state and talk of growth growth growth
is wishful thinking.

Dear Paul,

The PM did state that he would be part of a
team when he won the Prime Ministership.
This means that he can't move too fast
and make changes too quickly.

I'm sure changes will be made prior to the next
election - big changes. But he hasn't been in
long enough to even warm the seat - yet. He
can't afford to aggravate too many people
within his party - just yet.

As for Mal Brough? I get the feeling that this
man will get what's coming to him . The law will
take care of him. As will his voters. I don't
think that the PM needs to do anything. And I
think the PM knows it.

What policies will be introduced prior to the
next election will show us whether the PM is
serious about being different from Mr Abbott.

I suspect he won't disappoint us. He seems to be a man
who desperately wants Australia to make a difference
globally - he wants change and I have no doubt that
he will do everything in his power to make sure it happens.

But he's not a stupid man - and is realistic -
he needs the support of those within his party to be
able to succeed.

Bazz,

What will it take for you to understand that Australia is financially sovereign?

Barnaby Joyce's concerns are not valid; we have unlimited credit.

Unlimited credit !
Hmmm seems to me that might be the cause of our debt problem.
Of course we can always just click on a few billion here and there.
Look at the plastic we would save.

Aiden said;
Barnaby Joyce's concerns are not valid; we have unlimited credit.

Oh I see, they won't want their money back ! Great !

That was not what I was referring to when I said he was muzzled.