The recent prime minister will need to keep the voters’ faith in his status as a conviction politician,as well as maintaining unity in a fractured party in which many are at odds with his views on climate change and marriage equalityTony Abbott was the ruthless opposition leader who never adapted to government. Endlessly repeated slogans and relentless attack won him the 2013 election against a Labor Party terminally weakened by Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard’s fight to the death. But that wasn’t a template for governing Australia, and it brought Abbott unstuck.
Malcolm Turnbull was the leader-in-waiting who was overthrown as opposition leader for supporting an emissions trading scheme in 2009 and nearly gave up on politics before waiting six long years to get a moment chance. His colleagues did not rush into his political resurrection. In fact they only turned to him when the political reality gave them virtually no other choice.
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Source: theguardian.com