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'Madness and mayhem': what the papers say about the Liberal party civil war

The Age and several other papers pleads for a swift end to the turmoil.
The Age and several other papers pleads for a swift end to the turmoil. Photograph: Twitter, via John Hanna

The headline writers were busy last night conjuring up the best reflection of a another day of chaos on Canberra – at least from their masthead’s point of view.

The Australian – which along with other Rupert Murdoch enterprises has been accused of fomenting unrest among the Liberal party – puts the blame for the unrest in parliament firmly at Malcolm Turnbull’s door.

The Sydney Daily Telegraph joins in with that sentiment.

The Canberra Times features Turnbull on the front and a forthright view.

The Sydney Morning Herald just leads with the headline “Showdown”.

Similar sentiment with the Herald Sun.

Same too in the AFR.

While the Courier Mail doesn’t hold back on what it thinks about the whole spectacle.

The Age is along the same lines.

Meanwhile a couple of papers focus on the Julie Bishop candidacy.

As does the West Australian – unsurprisingly given her constituency.

Finally the NT has its – as usual unique – take on the situation.

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