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The 2013 Australian federal election to elect the members of the 44th Parliament of Australia took place on Saturday 7 September 2013. The centre-right Liberal/National Coalition opposition led by Opposition leader Tony Abbott of the Liberal Party of Australia and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia, led by Warren Truss, defeated the incumbent centre-left Labor Party government ...
Tony Abbott in 1996. Abbott won Liberal preselection for the federal Division of Warringah by-election in March 1994 following the resignation of Michael MacKellar. He easily held the safe Liberal seat in the Liberals' traditional Northern Beaches heartland, suffering a swing of only 1 percentage point in the primary vote. [53]
Tony Abbott: Kevin Rudd: Party Coalition: Labor: Last election 21 seats 8 seats Seats before 21 8 Seats won 22: 6 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 1,152,217: 751,230 Percentage 45.66%: 29.77% Swing 1.76 3.81 TPP: 56.98%: 43.02% TPP swing 1.84 1.84
The 2010 Australian federal election was held on Saturday, 21 August 2010 to elect members of the 43rd Parliament of Australia.The incumbent centre-left Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister Julia Gillard won a second term against the opposition centre-right Liberal Party of Australia led by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott and Coalition partner the National Party of Australia, led by ...
In the 2013 Election campaign, Tony Abbott promised a "comprehensive tax white paper" to look at tax reform. [118] In June 2014, Abbott launched the Reform of the Federation white paper, with an eye to clarifying "roles and responsibilities for states and territories so that they are as far as possible, sovereign in their own sphere". [119]
On 14 September 2015, the incumbent Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, was challenged for the leadership of the Liberal Party and thus the prime ministership by Malcolm Turnbull, the Minister for Communications. Turnbull won the vote 54–44 and on 15 September was sworn in as prime minister, starting the Turnbull government.
Tony Abbott (1957– ) Malcolm Turnbull (1954– ) The Coalition forms a government under Tony Abbott. 55 58 (+ 16 LNP and 1 CLP) 9 (+6 LNP) 1 2 2 (1) Katter's Australian Party (1) Palmer United: 150 Election Year Prime Minister Summary Labor Liberal Nationals Greens Independent Other parties Total seats 45th 2016 Malcolm Turnbull (1954 ...
7 September – The Liberal–National coalition led by Tony Abbott wins the 2013 federal election. [ 30 ] 14 September – Two prisoners force the Brisbane Correctional Centre into lockdown in a rooftop protest.