The day after being dumped as Australia’s Prime Minister, Tony Abbott fronted the press with a message for his successor.
“My pledge today is to make this change as easy as I can … There will be no wrecking, no undermining and no sniping,” Abbott said.
In a matter of hours on Monday, Malcolm Turnbull went from the country’s communications to new leader, the fifth administration in five years.
He staged the internal coup that Abbott had assured voters would never happen to the Liberal Party.
For years, the former Labor government was rife with infighting, as Julie Gillard first ousted Kevin Rudd in 2010, who then did the same to her in 2013.
When he won the Federal election in 2013, Abbott promised his would be a stable government.