Friday, 24 August 2018

Malcolm Turnbull asked to see who wanted him out — here are the Liberal MPs that signed on

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Mathias Cormann, Mitch Fifield and Michaelia Cash in parliament on the backbench after resigning.
Photo: Mathias Cormann (centre), Mitch Fifield (left) and Michaelia Cash (left top) switched sides later than many others. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)
On Thursday, Malcolm Turnbull said he would not call for a leadership spill until he saw a letter with the names of 43 Liberal MPs who wanted a new leader.
The names are in the order in which it was signed, meaning Andrew Hastie, Tony Pasin, Sussan Ley, Craig Kelly and Michael Sukkar were among the first to call for the spill.
Each signatory had their own reasons for putting pen to paper, with Queensland MP Warren Entsch saying he would only do so if he was completely necessary as the 43rd name.
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He said he was doing so to put an end to the uncertainty and dedicated his signature to former Liberal leader Brendan Nelson, who was ousted by Mr Turnbull in 2008.
Signatures of MPs calling for a change in Liberal leader
Photo: Five pages were signed by Liberal MPs, but everyone had their own reasons. (Supplied)

Queensland MPs Karen Andrews and Scott Buchholz also annotated their signatures.
Mr Turnbull received the 43-name petition on Friday and it read:
"Dear Prime Minister, We the undersigned request that you call a meeting of the Joint-House Parliamentary Liberal Party as soon as practicable for the purpose of determining the leadership of the party."
  1. Andrew Hastie
  2. Tony Pasin
  3. Sussan Ley
  4. Craig Kelly
  5. Michael Sukkar
  6. Kevin Andrews
  7. Tony Abbott
  8. Ian Goodenough
  9. Nicolle Flint
  10. Peter Dutton
  11. Amanda Stoker
  12. Jonathon Duniam
  13. David Bushby
  14. James Paterson
  15. Eric Abetz
  16. Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
  17. James McGrath
  18. Jim Molan
  19. Slade Brockman
  20. Dean Smith
  21. Jane Hume
  22. Mitch Fifield
  23. John McVeigh
  24. David Fawcett
  25. Mathias Cormann
  26. Michaelia Cash
  27. Karen Andrews ("because this has to be resolved")
  28. Greg Hunt
  29. Steven Ciobo
  30. Angus Taylor
  31. Alan Tudge
  32. Michael Keenan
  33. Andrew Wallace
  34. Scott Buchholz ("I support the office of the Prime Minister")
  35. Jason Wood
  36. Ross Vasta
  37. Luke Howarth
  38. Rick Wilson
  39. Ted O'Brien
  40. Zed Seselja
  41. Andrew Laming
  42. Ben Morton
  43. Warren Entsch ("for Brendan Nelson")

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