A few progressive social policies shouldn’t make Malcolm Turnbull the darling of the left. He’s a devout neoliberal who has supported economic policies that entrench inequalityI’ll admit,as someone who identifies as an actual lefty, I find Malcolm Turnbull’s positive reputation with a certain kind of Australian progressive tough to fathom. I peep at the new prime minister’s elite education, or his first attempt at a Liberal preselection back in 1981,the career as a lawyer who represented Kerry Packer, then as a partner at Goldman Sachs, or then his entry to parliament in a seat so blue ribbon it has never once been won by Labor,as the trajectory of the consummate contemporary Tory. Australian politicians are often criticised by their egalitarian electors for courting the big discontinuance of town; Turnbull is the big discontinuance of town, with a $50m view from Point Piper to prove it.
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Source: theguardian.com