Peter O’Brien in Quadrant Online agrees that Morrison is better than Turnbull, “but that's not saying much -- especially if current energy policy isn't repudiated”.

While the Liberal party needs a Dutton or an Abbott, we now have a Morrison and we have to live with that. It is highly unlikely the government will survive the next election, but Morrison could go quite a way to regaining disaffected conservative voters by Trumping the Paris Accord, which is the silliest but most effective way of beggaring Australia's economy beyond repair.

Most of O’Brien’s article is devoted to the Left's whining on how good Turnbull was (further proof of just how dangerous the man really was), but the bit on Paris struck me as something Morrison could do to prove that he has shaken off Turnbull's North Korea-like re-education.

It’s doubtful that much will change. The cabinet reshuffle is just using the same old faces that were central to to Turnbull leftist policies on everything. The muttering about a 'new generation’ of leaders is piffle.

Not much will change until parties are prevented from putting up for election nongs without real-world experience. We need a system something like the American system, with multiple choices, to weed out the idiots.

Morrison’s new cabinet is not dissimilar to Turnbull’s. Morrison has done nothing to get back conservatives. The fact that Pune, Payne and Birmingham are still hanging around like bad smells says it all. It seems that the Liberals are as faction-riddled as Labor - something else Turnbull lied about; at least many of the Liberals had the decency to laugh at him when he lived in front of them.

Morrison is a compromise candidate, and compromises are neither fish nor fowl.

Scott Morrison has always been a strong performer.
He did well no matter what portfolio he was given.
He was not the enemy of anybody. That's why he was
elected. Dutton lost because of his divisive ministry
with immigration. It would have taken too long to
rehabilitate his image.

What the Liberal Party needs to do now is work together,
and try to get back in front within six months. They
need a new image - and for that to happen they need to
get EVERYONE on board. New policies, new directions,
new bosses. A new shake-up is needed.

Only then might we see a conservative party re-emerge
from the ruins - but this won't happen if they continue
to listen to the likes of Abbott and his ilk.

This is not over yet - not by a long shot. If the
in-fighting continues - it will be to the detriment
of the one seat Parliament. All will truly be lost.

Getting rid of the Paris agreement would achieve more in the stroke of the pen than what Turnbull achieved in 3 years after stabbing the previous PM in the back. Probably Abbotts biggest mistake selling out to the left wingers on gw. Thankfully he has been able to redeem himself a little by having the labour lite energy guarantee scrapped. Scott, Peter and Josh all know that gw is a scam. They are not into that idiotic pseudo science religion. Whether they have the courage to do the right thing for Australia remains to be seen.

Foxy your growing left ideology is overtaking your good sense. The last thing the Libs need to do is come together no matter who leads. This was your thinking regarding Turnbull, & coming together behind him would have been a total disaster for the people of Oz.

What they need to do is come up with some good policies, that will be good for the country & its people. This would automatically bring the party & their electors together.

Of course good policies would alienate the Greens & the far left, but they don't matter to real people. In fact if any policy did not alienate the Greens it could not be a good policy.

Morrison is starting out all wrong, & I doubt he will improve. As just a pale reflection of Rudd & Turnbull, I very much doubt he can come up with good policies. If he doesn't I predict he will not last a year.

Dear Hasbeen,

My goodness in your case we really do have to have to add deluded to ignorant.

These are the latest figures from the Lowy Institute poll on Australian attitudes.

“In 2018, 59% of Australians (up five points) say ‘global warming is a serious and pressing problem’ about which ‘we should begin taking steps now even if this involves significant costs’. Almost all Australians (84%, up three points) say ‘the government should focus on renewables, even if this means we may need to invest more in infrastructure to make the system more reliable’. Only 14% say ‘the government should focus on traditional energy sources such as coal and gas, even if this means the environment may suffer to some extent’. “
http://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/2018-lowy-institute-poll

So 84% you dismiss of Australians because they are not 'real people' like yourself?

Mate you are the outlier as are number of right wing neanderthals in the Coalition. If Morrison wants to trot off and appease them then the slaughter at the next election will be massive. You want him to wreak the party just to serve a twisted fearful ideology you have manged to wrap yourself up into. Good luck with that.