Yes Abbott has been on the phone, they are say he is consulting them on various issue but we know that is a cover up.
"Backbenchers are so fed up with the PM’s backflips, they’re even talking about Malcolm Turnbull as the man who might save the government."
" Asked if conservatives really would consider lining up behind the moderate Turnbull now, one right-wing figure said events had already gone beyond left-right divisions."
