The conservative Liberal Party voted in a secret ballot late on Monday to oust Tony Abbott as its leader in favour of Turnbull, a multi-millionaire former tech entrepreneur who is popular with the electorate.
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“The pressures are enormous and as Tony Abbott has often said himself, very, very profoundly, that all of us here are volunteers”.
“This is the most exciting time to be an Australian“, Turnbull told reporters in the capital before taking the oath.
“We hope that you can provide the leadership Australia needs to recognise its responsibility to be a good neighbour and stand with us in this struggle”.
“I did it as a way of reaching out and saying to him that I can work with him, that I believe other people like me can work with him, and that’s what we’ve got to do”, Andrews told the Australian Broadcasting Corp in explaining his challenge to Bishop. Abbott survived a leadership challenge from within his party in February that was prompted by those polls and what some say were questionable judgments he made.
The net satisfaction of Abbott’s Government declined steadily immediately after his assumption of office, with no major recovery, with his personal captaining style being a constant topic of discontent, both outside and inside the Party.
Supporters of ousted Australian prime minister Tony Abbott were likely to lose their ministerial portfolios or have them downgraded in a cabinet reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.
However, it is understood that for the immediate future, Turnbull will stick with his party’s policy on pursuing a plebiscite on marriage equality rather than allow his MPs to have a conscience vote.
Malcolm Turnbull laughs as he makes an address at Parliament after he was sworn in as prime minister in Canberra, Australia, Tues., September 15, 2015.
Turnbull said the free trade agreements clinched by the Abbott government were an example of success.
Australia’s incoming prime minister Malcolm Turnbull may seek to reposition greater action to fight climate change as an economic booster, analysts and academics said on Tuesday, but will move slowly to avoid losing the support of his colleagues.
A fourth Australian prime minister in five years gives the impression of constant political turbulence.
Many public servants will be heartened by Mr Turnbull’s promise of more consultation, which suggests advice in the form of co-ordination comments from departments would be considered more readily.
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And that is the policy that he pledged to support as Prime Minister – a con and a cover-up.
