"Scott Morrison is Australia’s new prime minister, beating Peter Dutton by 45-40 votes after a week in which the government imploded and the Liberal party tore itself apart."
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"At a news conference after the ballot Turnbull lashed out at the “determined insurgency from a number of people both in the party room and backed by voices, powerful voices, in the media” that brought him down.
“Peter Dutton and Tony Abbott and others, who chose to deliberately attack the government from within - they did so because they wanted to bring the government down, they wanted to bring my prime ministership down.”
"Turnbull confirmed he will leave parliament “before too long”, which would prompt a byelection."
https://theconversation.com/scott-morrison-is-the-new-prime-minister-after-peter-duttons-giant-miscalculation-102105
I have no liking or respect for Scott Morrison, but he is arguably slightly more sane than Peter Dutton. And I think everybody with any understanding of politics recognises the truth of Turnbull's words, that this Liberal leadership crisis was driven by the idealogical hatred of Rupert Murdoch and the spite of Tony Abbott.
It's high time for Abbott to leave politics - he's yesterday's man, and has proven now that he can't even organise a coup against a man that most of the country thinks has been a failure as Prime Minister.
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