The new cabinet confirmed at its very first meeting that it is not ‘fit for purpose’. With 23 ministers, it is the largest since Whitlam’s. But he had 27 ministers, Turnbull has 42.
Whitlam flouted Menzies’ wise counsel that only the leading dozen or so ministers should sit in cabinet, but Turnbull has chosen the worst of all worlds.
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