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After more than a decade of conservative rule, many voters rejoiced at the end of the Howard era.

The former prime minister Tony Abbott has accused the new treasurer, Scott Morrison, of “badly misleading” people about his role in the Liberal leadership drama. Of all voters, 37% rate Turnbull the best leader of the Liberal Party, with “don’t know”...

In the video interview shared by News.com.au, Oliver is seen giving a toast to Abbot being ousted as Australian Prime Minister by Malcolm Turnbull.

Mr Andrews, a staunch conservative supporter of Tony Abbott, told reporters in Melbourne he was “disappointed” Mr Turnbull had not accepted his offer to work with him.

Some Abbott allies stepped aside or refused portfolios, with the resignation of Treasurer (finance minister) Joe Hockey from parliament the biggest surprise.

Turnbull split his coalition and lost the party leadership in 2009 over his support for a then-Labor Party government’s proposal to make industrial polluters pay for the carbon gas emissions that they produced through an emissions permit trading scheme.

After he was deposed, Abbott supporters claimed Canning had been on track under him for a better outcome than some of the public polling had suggested.

Mr Abbott lost the prime ministership to Mr Turnbull 54-44 in a vote of Liberal MPs after a long run of poor polling that suggested the Coalition was headed for a wipeout at the next election.

But the collapse in oil prices and global fiscal turmoil raised doubts about those forecasts.

While he told a Toronto audience this morning that it’s time to be less partisan, he laid the responsibility at Harper’s door.