World according to Pyne exposes Turnbull government's battle lines | Katharine Murphy

The rightwing ruckus around the defence industry minister has made it even more difficult for Malcolm Turnbull to govern

In the winter of 2008, I went for a curry at an Indian place in a suburb fringing the parliamentary precinct, and found myself sitting a couple of tables away from Christopher Pyne and George Brandis.

Pyne was in full flight, laughing about the haplessness of Brendan Nelson's then leadership of the opposition, and speculating about what position he might hold in the event Malcolm Turnbull took the top job.