PM should channel Will, Croome says

POLICE have appealed for public help to find a 70-year-old woman missing from her North Hobart home since Monday night.

Tasmania Police said family members of Frieda Beukenkamp PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull needs to take a leaf out of Will Hodgman’s book to settle the bunfight in the Liberal party over same-sex marriage, Tasmanian campaigner Rodney Croome says.

“The Tasmanian state Liberals have shown the way forward on marriage equality with [Premier] Will Hodgman allowing a free vote on the issue,” the Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group spokesman said.

“This has meant Liberals for and against marriage are able to have their say without the issue degenerating into a bunfight ... If Will Hodgman can show this kind of leadership on marriage equality, why not Malcolm Turnbull?”

Mr Croome’s comments come in the wake of a public were concerned for her welfare. She was last seen leaving her home about 9.30pm on Monday, driving a 1989 silver Toyota Camry, registration CN7248. Call Tasmania Police on 131 444 or 1800 333 000. spat between the Liberal party’s moderates and conservatives after Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne boasted that same-sex marriage legislation could come sooner than people think.

Mr Pyne’s declaration that he had always voted for Mr Turnbull in ballots reopened wounds from the 2015 overthrow of Tony Abbott, and there have been calls for Pyne to be stripped of his position as Leader of the House.

Senior Coalition ministers closed ranks around Mr Turnbull, rejecting reports of lead- ership turmoil as and irrelevant games”.

Even Labor’s Infrastructure spokesman Anthony Albanese went in to bat for his morning television sidekick, saying Mr Pyne did not deserve to be demoted.

“What we are seeing here is a bunch of people who are disgruntled,” he said. “I mean people like Eric Abetz and Tony Abbott for that matter.”

Tasmanian Liberal Senator Abetz would not be drawn on Mr Pyne’s future, saying the makeup of the ministry was a matter for Mr Turnbull.

Despite the bitter split Senator Abetz said: “I remain absolutely committed to the Liberal Party and advancing Liberal values for the betterment of our nation.” “click bait” “political