Fed: Turnbull confident he will win =2

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-2009
Fed: Turnbull confident he will win =2

He said the amended emissions trading scheme legislation should be passed.

"The government agreed with most of what we asked for, we went back to our party room,
our party room said fine, let's do the deal, let's agree on it, let's work together and
go forward, and that bill should be passed," he said.

Mr Turnbull denied the majority of the Liberal Party disagreed with him over emissions trading.

"The numbers have all been published," he said.

"There was a majority in the joint party room, a slender one to be fair, but in the
Liberal party room ... there was a very solid majority against it (opposing the emissions
trading legislation).

"But remember, a number of people didn't like the decision of the majority on the Tuesday
and so called for a spill against my leadership ... and that spill was defeated by 48
to 35.

"The party room has dealt with this twice and it has supported me and we are now going
to deal with it a third time today."

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