Australian prime minister ousted in internal party challenge

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Australia is set to have a new prime minister after Tony Abbott lost a Liberal Party leadership challenge to former communications minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday night.

Turnbull won 54 votes to 44 at the internal party ballot at Parliament House in the capital Canberra, and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop was voted in as deputy Liberal leader, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported.

Turnbull, who was ousted as leader of the party by Abbott in 2009, is expected to be sworn in after Abbott writes to the Governor General and resigns, the BBC reported.

He will becomes Australia’s fourth prime minister in just over two years. The new leadership team is expected to hold a news conference later, the ABC said.

Turnbull resigned from the cabinet earlier Monday before meeting with Abbott and declaring his intentions. It comes as the two-year-old conservative coalition government struggles in opinion polls… see more

source: usatoday

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