In a speech laced with pathos, humour and wit, Malcolm Turnbull yesterday paid tribute to late Australian art critic Robert Hughes.
Turnbull’s tribute to Robert Hughes
In a speech laced with pathos, humour and wit, Malcolm Turnbull yesterday paid tribute to late Australian art critic Robert Hughes.
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His riposte to Abbott’s interjection is possibly the best delivered in the House of Reps since the Keating years.
Turnbull is a wonderful speaker.
Oratory lives!
“And what a loss to society it would have been had he connected”. I’m not sure even Keating could have bettered that and Abbott could only watch on like a rabbit in a spot light.
It was a great speech, but that exchange was dripping with the blood apparently not spilled when Abbott knifed Turnbull.
A well delivered speech but I think most credit should go to its subject – a deep well to draw from. Vale Robert Hughes. It’s also worth reading the CMs from the PM and Simon Crean – concise, warm, and generous summaries of the man and his importance as an Australian.