Malcolm Turnbull ‘nearly destroyed the Liberal Party’ – Sky News Australia

It has been revealed former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull was prepared to "bankroll" The Guardian Australia despite it being one of the "most left-wing outfits in the whole world" says Sky News contributor Cory Bernardi.Mr Turnbull outlined in his forthcoming memoir, 'A Bigger Picture', how he helped introduce the UK editor of the the Guardian Alan Rusbridger with the man who would bankroll its Australian counterpart, Graeme Wood.He did so, Mr Turnbull writes, because he was "beginning to despair about the state of Australian journalism."Mr Bernardi said these revelations show Mr Turnbull is "not a Liberal, he was never really a Liberal, he's one of these people who will be whatever he needs to be to get where he wants to go".He told Sky News host Peta Credlin Malcolm Turnbull was a "disaster for a the Liberal Party, and he nearly destroyed the Liberal Party".Image: AP

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