In a scene Australians have become far too familiar with, a leadership vote saw a sitting prime minister ousted by a challenger from within his party — and with it, a chance to change the direction of Australian foreign aid.
Although Tony Abbott survived an earlier no-confidence vote in February, he was ousted last night in Canberra as prime minister in favor of Malcolm Turnbull, who until he challenged the leadership of the Liberal Party was the communications minister in Abbott’s cabinet.
For Australian political observers, this change was a long time coming.
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Lisa Cornish@lisa_cornish
Lisa Cornish is a freelance data journalist based in Canberra, Australia. Lisa formerly worked with News Corp Australia as a data journalist for the national network and was published throughout Australia in major metropolitan and regional newspapers, including the Daily Telegraph in Melbourne, Herald Sun in Melbourne, Courier-Mail in Brisbane and online through news.com.au. Lisa has recently been awarded the 2014 Journalist of the Year by the New South Wales Institute of Surveyors.