‘Dilettante' Coalition are in ‘crisis-mode'
Former NSW Labor treasurer Michael Costa slams Shadow Treasurer Angus Taylor for being 'lazy' and calls the whole Liberal Party 'dilettante'.
'He's probably the best choice as a holding leader,' Mr Costa told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
'They're in crisis mode and they're seeking to analyse the problem, in the way they always do, which is to blame the other faction for the policy failures, rather than the fact that they weren't consistent.
'I don't think the next Liberal prime minister is in the parliament at the moment.'
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