‘I had a direct conversation with Rupert’ about Lachlan Murdoch-backed plan, former
Australian PM tells inquiry
Rupert Murdoch “acknowledged” that his media outlets were running a “crazy agenda” against the Malcolm Turnbull-led government so they could install Tony Abbott as leader again, Turnbull has told a
Senate inquiry.
The former prime minister said when he was leader of the Liberal party he regularly asked Rupert why his stable, including Sky News Australia and the Australian, campaigned against him. Turnbull claims the News Corporation executive chairman admitted there was a Lachlan Murdoch-backed plan to damage his leadership so he lost the 2019
election in order to return Abbott as leader for a future 2022 election win.