The signs were already there, already obvious, that the Dutton-led Coalition was going down the Abbott path of ‘Total Opposition’, having learned nothing from having its heartland blitzed by teal independents.
But if you need a single act to signify the federal Liberal Party has left the building, having no interest in Australia’s best interests, it is the call by Peter Dutton and his deputy Sussan Ley that no one from the Coalition should attend the jobs and skills summit on September 1 and 2.
