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tall tails .....

tall tails .....

In the marketing world, people jump ship all the time. The chief executive of such-and-such a firm, having for years demanded unconditional loyalty from his team, will join his company's most hated rival. Struggling brands will poach their competitor's creative director in order to get themselves back into play.

Betrayal? Of course not. It's called ''doing business'' and nobody bats an eyelid. So, is Malcolm Turnbull about to jump ship? Could he do business with Labor?

Last week's Virginia Chadwick Memorial speech, where Malcolm regurgitated Kevin Rudd's sentiments about climate change being ''the greatest moral challenge of our time'', is revealing. Taken by most as a piece of mischief designed to keep Tony Abbott on his toes, the timing and oddness of the speech suggest an ulterior motive.

To change this climate, Labor needs a bold new leader: it's Turnbull

 

contradicting his own ungaggability...

Former Liberal leader Malcolm Turnbull insists he is "beyond gagging" and will continue speaking freely on climate change.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has denied there is a rift between him and Mr Turnbull.

Asked about whether his boss had gagged him, Mr Turnbull said he was still free to speak on issues outside his communications portfolio.

"Nobody has gagged me, I'm ungaggable I assure you," he told reporters in Sydney today.

"I'm beyond gagging."

But Mr Turnbull declined to say why he had not more enthusiastically endorsed the Coalition's direct action policies on climate change.

"Steady, on," he said.

"You know my position: as a member of the shadow cabinet, I support all of our policies."

Earlier, Mr Turnbull joked with business leaders at an Australia-Israel Chamber of Commerce luncheon that he could lead Labor instead of Prime Minister Julia Gillard.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/my-climate-views-are-ungaggable-turnbull-20110729-1i3wv.html#ixzz1TYOpBMTA