A Bigger Picture: Malcolm Turnbull’s drama-filled memoir

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Australian former prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull is releasing his memoir A Bigger Picture with Hardie Grant on Monday, 20 April 2020. Turnbull’s memoir is the definitive narrative of his life including his time as a parliamentarian and a brief stint as a prime minister. It is the first real peep the public will hear from Turnbull since his bitter exit from public life in 2018.

A perfect distraction from COVID-19 news

Malcolm Turnbull, Australia’s 29th prime minister, tells his lively political story through his memoir A Bigger Picture. Publisher Hardie Grant is coming up with this new political drama-filled publication this April 20th, 2020.

This autobiography highlights the messy political drama, maligning well-known political figures–Scott Morrison, Peter Dutton, Tony Abbott, et al. Thus, a definitive read to take your mind off the COVID-19 news.

Prior to the release date, some details have already been leaked by the Australian’s national affairs editor, Simon Benson (despite promises Nine papers The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald would have exclusives on the extracts in the weekend papers). This makes everyone wonder exactly what gossip Turnbull will spill about his former party members.

The messy drama

In A Bigger Picture, Turnbull discloses:

rivalries within the Liberal Party of Australia
some behind-the-scenes secrets about his term’s biggest scandals and
the lowdown on our current prime minister, Scott Morrison

He also informs about the working relationship between the recent Liberal party and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

Turnbull’s book is “colorful but unbalanced”

̴ Paul Kelly

However, some of the best dirt comes in the form of Turnbull’s joyously snitty descriptions of his former allies and party members.

Peter Dutton–Minister of Home Affairs

In his memoir, Turnbull ridicule Peter Dutton and describe him as “self-delusional” for his bid for the prime ministership in 2018 (that ended with Scott Morrison as an incumbent). Turnbull thinks Dutton is a “narcissist” for believing that he could become a prime minister.

Malcolm Turnbull and Peter Dutton. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
A strong and secure Australia

Mathias Cormann–Minister of Finance

Turnbull believed his personal ties with Mathias Cormann would overrun any political machinations. But he was wrong and was personally hurt when Cormann supported Dutton’s failed bid for leadership.

Malcolm Turnbull described Dutton’s coup attempt as “madness and terrorism”.

Mathias Cormann. Source. Wikimedia Commons

Scott Morrison–Treasurer turned Prime Minister

Turnbull is most animated when he dishes about the incumbent prime minister, Scott Morrison (ScoMo).

Scott Morrison. Source. Wikimedia Commons

A Bigger Picture paints a scene where Cormann complains about ScoMo.

“We’ve got a Treasurer problem”, he recalls Cormann complaining during his days as prime minister, claiming that both men were ‘at our wits’ end how to manage Scott”.

Turnbull describing ScoMo as “brittle emotionally and easily offended” and writes that many party members encouraged him, “without success”, to “mistrust Scott and to see his briefings as malign, the calculated undermining and maneuvering of a Machiavellian plotter”.

Turnbull certainly conjures impressions of political machinations and in-party mistrust that would make the Ancient Roman senators blush.

It turns out that Hardie Grant has successfully turned the petty, chaotic rumble between middle-aged party men into an enduring Romanic history.

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