Plots and Prayers Quotes

“Reynolds does not believe quotas would work in the Liberal Party, and while Labor boasts it has worked for them, she reckons what has really worked for Labor is the steady pipeline of women coming through the trade union movement.”
― Niki Savva, Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull’s demise and Scott Morrison’s ascension

“Others had also told Dutton that they could not vote for him because of Abbott.”
― Niki Savva, Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull’s demise and Scott Morrison’s ascension

“Chalmers, who had also worked for a treasurer, liked Smith and thought him a good Speaker. In fact, even Labor MPs regarded Smith as one of the best speakers of modern times.”
― Niki Savva, Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull’s demise and Scott Morrison’s ascension

“The constant pressure on Xenophon, particularly during the negotiations on the new media laws, when he broke down in private and cried, saying he could not do it anymore, took its toll. His departure robbed the Senate of its sanest independent voice. Soon”
― Niki Savva, Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull’s demise and Scott Morrison’s ascension

“But, that having been said, you know, anyone who reads the canons of English or ancient Greek literature, if you come to the job by the sword, there is a 92.1 per cent chance that that is how you are going out.”
― Niki Savva, Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull’s demise and Scott Morrison’s ascension

“While the vote was being counted, Bill Shorten leaned across and said to Turnbull, ‘This is not good for any of us. You could have won this, and we know it.’ Then Shorten added, ‘You did not deserve this.’ Turnbull responded, ‘Oh, well. I will just fade away now. I will go and look after my children and my grandchildren.’ Shorten said, ‘Good on you.”
― Niki Savva, Plots and Prayers: Malcolm Turnbull’s demise and Scott Morrison’s ascension