• Thumbnail for 1985 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
    change of leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia on 5 September 1985 with John Howard replacing Andrew Peacock. A spill of the deputy leadership of the...
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    A motion seeking a leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia and Prime Minister was proposed by Malcolm Turnbull...
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    Leadership spills of the federal parliamentary leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia were held on 21 and 24 August 2018 and were called by the...
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    A leadership spill for the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 1 December 2009. The incumbent leader Malcolm Turnbull was defeated by Tony Abbott on...
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  • In Australian politics, a leadership spill (or simply a spill) is a declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant and open for contest...
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  • Thumbnail for 2008 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
    A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 15 September 2008. At a ballot on 16 September, Shadow Treasurer Malcolm Turnbull...
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  • Thumbnail for 1969 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
    The Liberal Party of Australia held a leadership spill on 7 November 1969, following the party's poor performance at the federal election on 25 October...
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    leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia, Prime Minister and Deputy Leader was proposed in a meeting of...
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  • Thumbnail for 1995 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
    A leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 30 January 1995 after the resignation of Alexander...
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  • Thumbnail for 1989 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
    A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 9 May 1989, following internal maneuverings by supporters of John Howard's long-time...
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  • Thumbnail for 2022 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
    A leadership election of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 30 May 2022, following the defeat of the Scott Morrison government at the 2022 federal...
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  • Thumbnail for 1971 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
    The Liberal Party of Australia held a leadership spill on 10 March 1971. Prime Minister John Gorton called for a vote of confidence in his leadership, which...
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  • Thumbnail for 1994 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
    A leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 23 May 1994. The incumbent, John Hewson, was defeated...
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  • Thumbnail for 1982 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
    A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 8 April 1982, following former foreign minister Andrew Peacock's dissatisfaction...
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  • Thumbnail for 1993 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
    A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 23 March 1993, following the 1993 federal election. The spill was won by incumbent...
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  • Thumbnail for 1987 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
    A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 18 July 1987, following John Howard's loss in the 1987 federal election by previous...
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  • Thumbnail for 2007 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
    A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 29 November 2007, following the defeat of the Howard government at the federal...
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  • Canberra Liberals, the division of the Liberal Party of Australia in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), have held a number of leadership elections...
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  • Thumbnail for 1975 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill
    A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 21 March 1975. It came about as a result of Malcolm Fraser's continued dissatisfaction...
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  • Thumbnail for 1990 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election
    A spill of the leadership of the Liberal Party of Australia took place on 3 April 1990, following the defeat of the Liberal Party at the federal election...
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    Leader of the Liberal Party, also known as Leader of the Parliamentary Liberal Party, is the highest office within the Liberal Party of Australia and the...
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  • The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia. It is one of the two major parties in Australian politics, the other being...
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  • Thumbnail for 2010 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
    A leadership spill occurred in the Australian Labor Party on 24 June 2010. Kevin Rudd, the prime minister of Australia, was challenged by Julia Gillard...
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  • Thumbnail for December 1991 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
    A leadership spill of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), the party of government in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 19 December 1991, the second...
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  • Thumbnail for 2006 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
    A leadership spill of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) was held on 4 December 2006. Opposition Leader Kim Beazley was challenged by Shadow Foreign Minister...
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  • Thumbnail for 2022 National Party of Australia leadership spill
    A leadership spill for the federal leadership of the National Party of Australia was held on 30 May 2022. The spill follows the federal election in which...
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  • Thumbnail for June 1991 Australian Labor Party leadership spill
    leadership spill in the Australian Labor Party, the party of government in the Parliament of Australia, was held on 3 June 1991. It was the first of two...
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  • Thumbnail for 2015 Country Liberal Party leadership spill
    A leadership spill of the Country Liberal Party in the Northern Territory occurred 2–3 February 2015. Minister for Primary Industry and Mines Willem Westra...
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    Australia portal Politics portal Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2010 Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 2012 Australian Labor Party leadership...
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  • Thumbnail for 2020 National Party of Australia leadership spill
    A leadership spill for the federal leadership of the National Party of Australia was held on 4 February 2020, and was called by the Member for Wide Bay...
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