PM fights to restore calm, amid discontent

By Mark Kenny and Fergus Hunter
Updated November 22 2017 - 3:28pm, first published 3:25pm
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 21: Shadown Treasurer Chris Bowen is seen speaking at the FSC Leaders Summit on July 21, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Josh Robenstone/Fairfax Media). The Financial Services Council
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 21: Shadown Treasurer Chris Bowen is seen speaking at the FSC Leaders Summit on July 21, 2016 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Josh Robenstone/Fairfax Media). The Financial Services Council

Senior Coalition figures have urged calm after the cancelling of next week's parliamentary sitting saw Labor and the crossbench ramp up the pressure to restore the session, Tony Abbott criticise the cancellation, and reports of backbench disquiet so deep that one MP was considering defection.

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