ERROL PARKER | Editor-at-large | Contact
The former Prime Minister awoke early today in New York, put his favourite Gazman trousers on, buttoned his crispest Hugo Boss business shirt and retired to the living room of his bespoke Upper East Side apartment to watch the news.
Malcolm Turnbull had to wake Lucy twice in order for her to get the ChromeCast going of the ABC24 live stream going.
She said he was being silly – but Malcolm knew he was anything but.
Speaking to our reporter via Skype, as our newspaper is a front for his political ideology, Malcolm said that he got up for a reason.
“I needed to see this,” he said, laughing.
“When I quit, I knew this was going to happen. This wasn’t some sort of Bennelong Howard business. This was people power. This is a dog up the conservative government,”
“I’m sorry. I can’t help but laugh.”
The Advocate reached out to a number of crossbenchers who now run the country, namely Bob Katter, but he was out in the community talking to people because he’s an independent who loves his constituents.
More to come.